The big difference in UK vs US academic writing isn't references but the obsession of Americans with topic sentences: you're supposed to sum up what you'll say at the front of a paragraph and then say it.
(Warning: rant) This becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. People from traditions who don't believe in topic sentences - like French or German scholars – (never mind languages) will be judged to be 'less good writers' because they don't conform to this arbitrary standard. Which, in the long run means that it's harder to break into 'serious academe' if you're not American.
... and that's on top of the discrimination people who are not male, white, and ivy league educated face.
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Date: 2022-03-01 09:42 pm (UTC)(Warning: rant)
This becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. People from traditions who don't believe in topic sentences - like French or German scholars – (never mind languages) will be judged to be 'less good writers' because they don't conform to this arbitrary standard. Which, in the long run means that it's harder to break into 'serious academe' if you're not American.
... and that's on top of the discrimination people who are not male, white, and ivy league educated face.