Paragraphing in International English: How Cultural Predispositions Affect Writers' Structure and Readers' Expectations
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1996/PDFs/PG493.PDF

Campbell, Charles P., Jan M. Ulijn and Nicole van Beeck
STC Proceedings
1996

Abstract:

Writing in English, people are apt to impose the paragraph structures of their native language, much as they impose their native syntax upon English. This panel enlists the audience in viewing empirically how paragraphs written in English by both native and nonnative speakers reflect predispositions from their own cultures. The aim is to answer some practical questions for international communicators.