Managing authorship in (socio)linguistic collaborations
Date
2021
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De Gruyler Mouton
Abstract
This article examines the issue of joint authorship in (socio)linguistic
publications. On the assumption that research work in the humanities has traditionally
been performed on a “lone scholar” basis, discussion of authorship
attribution has not dominated conversations in the arts and humanities as
compared to the natural, health and engineering sciences. However, considering
the increasing occurrence of collaboration in (socio)linguistics and its resultant
joint publications, this article considers author trends in the humanities generally
and linguistics in particular, who qualifies to be an author and how authorship
ordering and assigning should be addressed in both an ethical and a fair manner.
Considering the rise of collaborations in sociolinguistic research, varied sources of
data used, and the growth of multi-site projects, authorship discussions in arts and
humanities disciplines can no longer be muted.
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Research Article
Keywords
authorship, collaboration, humanities, publications, sociolinguistics