Tychinin DN, Kamnev AA. Scientific Globish versus scientific English.
Trends Microbiol 2013;
21:504-5. [PMID:
23928006 DOI:
10.1016/j.tim.2013.07.004]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Revised: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
The proposed adoption of 'scientific Globish' as a simplified language standard for scholarly communication may appeal to authors who have difficulty with English proficiency. However, Globish might not justify the hopes being pinned on it and might open the door to further deterioration of the quality of English-language scientific writing.
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