{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7161176703","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055","title":"The Cost of Perfect English: Pragmatic Flattening and the Erasure of Authorial Voice in L2 Writing Supported by GenAI","display_name":"The Cost of Perfect English: Pragmatic Flattening and the Erasure of Authorial Voice in L2 Writing Supported by GenAI","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7161176703","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5136131552","display_name":"Ao Liu","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Liu, Ao","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004965857","display_name":"Shanhua Zhu","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhu, Shanhua","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10366","display_name":"Discourse Analysis in Language Studies","score":0.08810000121593475,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10366","display_name":"Discourse Analysis in Language Studies","score":0.08810000121593475,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11148","display_name":"Language, Metaphor, and Cognition","score":0.07599999755620956,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11587","display_name":"Second Language Acquisition and Learning","score":0.0697999969124794,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rhetorical-question","display_name":"Rhetorical question","score":0.7523000240325928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/argumentative","display_name":"Argumentative","score":0.7333999872207642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fluency","display_name":"Fluency","score":0.6201000213623047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dialogic","display_name":"Dialogic","score":0.5260999798774719},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/politeness","display_name":"Politeness","score":0.4984999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generative-grammar","display_name":"Generative grammar","score":0.4122999906539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/academic-writing","display_name":"Academic writing","score":0.38580000400543213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/literacy","display_name":"Literacy","score":0.35659998655319214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/semantics","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","score":0.3560999929904938}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562157","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316694","display_name":"Rhetorical question","level":2,"score":0.7523000240325928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781306805","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4789761","display_name":"Argumentative","level":2,"score":0.7333999872207642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.7303000092506409},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777413886","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3276013","display_name":"Fluency","level":2,"score":0.6201000213623047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778679518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3025969","display_name":"Dialogic","level":2,"score":0.5260999798774719},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61123122","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281287","display_name":"Politeness","level":2,"score":0.4984999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47940000891685486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.4449999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39890363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36108","display_name":"Generative grammar","level":2,"score":0.4122999906539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119867837","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4119870","display_name":"Academic writing","level":2,"score":0.38580000400543213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C547764534","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8236","display_name":"Literacy","level":2,"score":0.35659998655319214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184337299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1437428","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.3560999929904938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84389358","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1129466","display_name":"Discourse analysis","level":2,"score":0.35190001130104065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3495999872684479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780583480","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1366327","display_name":"Tone (literature)","level":2,"score":0.322299987077713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.30660000443458557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778790127","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484885","display_name":"Erasure","level":2,"score":0.29409998655319214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778883600","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2390977","display_name":"Language proficiency","level":2,"score":0.2924000024795532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81444415","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7243535","display_name":"Priming (agriculture)","level":3,"score":0.2766000032424927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1370556","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81009","display_name":"Rhetoric","level":2,"score":0.275299996137619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98545295","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193158","display_name":"Technical writing","level":3,"score":0.27230000495910645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120012220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754533","display_name":"Source text","level":2,"score":0.2635999917984009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C532629269","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q865083","display_name":"Corpus linguistics","level":2,"score":0.2630000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11693617","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181839","display_name":"Pragmatics","level":2,"score":0.25999999046325684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781316041","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1230584","display_name":"Diversity (politics)","level":2,"score":0.2554999887943268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77243148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2918137","display_name":"Metalinguistics","level":4,"score":0.25029999017715454}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.13055","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.8976232409477234}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,60],"integration":[1],"of":[2,34,48,68,114],"Generative":[3],"AI":[4,181],"(GenAI)":[5],"into":[6,121,163],"language":[7,11],"learning":[8],"offers":[9],"second":[10],"(L2)":[12],"writers":[13,186],"powerful":[14],"tools":[15],"for":[16,78,179,190],"text":[17],"optimization.":[18],"However,":[19],"pursuing":[20],"native-like":[21],"fluency":[22],"often":[23],"sacrifices":[24],"sociopragmatic":[25,100,195],"diversity.":[26],"Investigating":[27],"\"pragmatic":[28],"flattening\"":[29],"-":[30,41],"the":[31,57,66,87,105,126],"systematic":[32],"erasure":[33],"culturally":[35],"preferred":[36],"politeness":[37],"and":[38,96,197],"authorial":[39],"stance":[40,128],"this":[42],"study":[43],"conducts":[44],"a":[45,75,82,111,164],"comparative":[46],"analysis":[47],"argumentative":[49],"essays":[50],"by":[51],"Chinese":[52],"B2-level":[53],"university":[54],"students":[55],"from":[56],"ICNALE":[58],"corpus.":[59],"original":[61],"texts":[62],"were":[63,102],"polished":[64],"via":[65],"APIs":[67],"four":[69],"leading":[70],"Large":[71],"Language":[72],"Models":[73],"at":[74],"zero-temperature":[76],"setting":[77],"reproducibility.":[79],"Findings":[80],"reveal":[81],"nuanced":[83],"\"dimensional":[84],"divergence\"":[85],"within":[86],"Semantic":[88],"Preservation":[89],"Paradox.":[90],"While":[91],"models":[92,109,130],"corrected":[93],"lexicogrammatical":[94],"errors":[95],"retained":[97],"propositional":[98],"meaning,":[99],"interventions":[101],"bifurcated.":[103],"In":[104],"interactive":[106],"dimension,":[107,129],"all":[108],"showed":[110,131],"drastic":[112],"collapse":[113],"dialogic":[115],"engagement":[116],"markers,":[117,138],"turning":[118],"negotiated":[119],"discourse":[120],"monologic":[122],"assertions.":[123],"Conversely,":[124],"in":[125],"epistemic":[127,137],"architecture-based":[132],"variability:":[133],"some":[134],"aggressively":[135],"scrubbed":[136],"while":[139,151,193],"others":[140],"reinforced":[141],"tentative":[142],"hedging":[143],"as":[144],"decontextualized":[145],"algorithmic":[146],"caution.":[147],"This":[148],"confirms":[149],"that":[150,170],"GenAI":[152,189],"enhances":[153],"accuracy,":[154],"it":[155],"systematically":[156],"overwrites":[157],"L2":[158],"writers'":[159],"unique":[160],"rhetorical":[161,198],"identities":[162],"homogenized":[165],"Anglo-American":[166],"paradigm.":[167],"We":[168],"argue":[169],"future":[171],"instruction":[172],"must":[173],"move":[174],"beyond":[175],"error":[176],"correction,":[177],"advocating":[178],"Critical":[180],"Literacy":[182],"to":[183,187],"empower":[184],"multilingual":[185],"use":[188],"linguistic":[191],"enhancement":[192],"safeguarding":[194],"diversity":[196],"agency.":[199]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-28T07:46:37.118299","created_date":"2026-05-15T00:00:00"}