1st Edition

Proofreading and Editing in Student and Research Publication Contexts International Perspectives

Edited By Nigel Harwood Copyright 2024
252 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores proofreading and editing from a variety of research and practitioner-led perspectives to describe, debate, and interrogate roles and policies within the student and research publication context. Chapters feature a wide range of empirical research findings gathered from an internationally diverse set of experts in the field from Australia, Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, the UK,... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction: Proofreading and editing in student and research publication contexts

Nigel Harwood

 

PART A: STUDIES OF PROOFREADING AND EDITING IN STUDENT CONTEXTS

 

Chapter 2. The informal and the invisible: Students’ pursuit of proofreading among network ties

Nina Conrad

 

Chapter 3. Grammar and proofreading in a writing centre: History, expectations, and possibilities

Grant Eckstein, Luke Beckstrand, Katie Watkins, and Tyler Gardner

 

Chapter 4. “Please can you proofread my thesis?” Exploring initial student enquiries for thesis editing in Australia

Charlotte Cottier and Rhonda Daniels

 

Chapter 5. Student and lecturer perspectives on proofreading and academic integrity

Fiona Richards

 

Chapter 6. ‘It’s a minefield’ - Uncertainty about the ethics of the proofreading of student writing

Nigel Harwood

  

PART B: PROOFREADING AND EDITING GUIDANCE AND POLICYMAKING

 

Chapter 7. How do we guide students about proofreading? Institutional policies, study skills advice and teaching

Mary Davis

 

Chapter 8. Providing guidance to professional editors on editing theses: The Australian experience

Rhonda Daniels and Charlotte Cottier

  

PART C: STUDIES OF PROOFREADING AND EDITING IN RESEARCH PUBLICATION CONTEXTS

 

Chapter 9. Proofreading of academic writing for international publication: Ethical issues concerning authorship and writer development

Songsha Ren and Guangwei Hu

 

Chapter 10. Language professionals as cultural mediators: Whose style matters?

Kate Sotejeff-Wilson and Alice Lehtinen

  

PART D: REFLECTIONS ON PROOFREADING AND EDITING IN STUDENT AND RESEARCH PUBLICATION CONTEXTS

 

Chapter 11. Editing, adjudicating, and certifying scholarship: A humanist approach

Pejman Habibie and Saskia Van Viegen

 

Chapter 12. Afterword: Revisiting the boundaries of editing and proofreading

Joan Turner

Biography

Nigel Harwood is Professor in Applied Linguistics, School of English, University of Sheffield, UK.