title: ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE: VARIABILITY, NORMS AND STANDARDS
abstract: A new linguistic paradigm, called World Englishes, has been rapidly developing since the late 20th century urging linguists to reconsider all established notions of the norms and standards of the language without, however, providing sufficient clarity as to which of the multiple regional variations of English recognized today should guide teaching English for academic purposes at university level. Particularly awkward seems to be the situation with English for research publication purposes (ERPP
journal: The Humanities and Social Studies in the Far East