Questão 67130

A professor of applied linguistics is conducting a seminar on the geopolitics of academic publishing. She wants to raise her students' awareness of the linguistic and structural barriers faced by scholars from the Global South who wish to publish their research in high-impact international journals, which are predominantly English-medium and controlled by institutions in the Global North. She introduces the concept of 'linguistic inequality' in knowledge production. To illustrate the problem, she presents an excerpt from an anonymous reviewer's report on a paper submitted by a Brazilian scholar: 'While the research itself is promising, the manuscript is not publishable in its current form. The author's writing style is not sufficiently 'academic' and contains several instances of non-standard phrasing. The argumentation does not follow the expected linear structure. I suggest the author seek the assistance of a native English-speaking editor before resubmission.' The professor uses a theoretical framework from critical studies of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP). A key text states: 'The demand for 'native-like' proficiency in academic publishing is a form of linguistic gatekeeping that perpetuates the geopolitical dominance of the Anglophone center. It conflates linguistic proficiency with intellectual merit and imposes a single, culturally specific rhetorical style (the Anglo-American linear, explicit style) as the universal norm for scholarly communication, thereby marginalizing other rhetorical traditions and creating a significant barrier to the global circulation of knowledge produced in the periphery.'

Analyze the following statements about the reviewer's report:

I. The reviewer's comments, while framed as helpful advice, exemplify the 'native speaker' ideology and the imposition of a single rhetorical norm, which functions as a geopolitical barrier.
II. The suggestion to hire a 'native English-speaking editor' highlights the economic dimension of linguistic inequality, where scholars from the periphery must often pay for linguistic 'gate-opening' services.
III. The report reveals a potential prejudice, where the reviewer may be unconsciously judging the intellectual quality of the research through the lens of its linguistic presentation, a common challenge for scholars working in English as an additional language.

Which statement(s) align with a critical analysis of the geopolitics of academic publishing?