The ‘I’ in identity: Exploring writer identity in student academic writing through the first person pronoun

Academic writing has traditionally been thought of as a convention-bound monolithic entity that involves distant, convoluted and impersonal prose. However, recent research has suggested a growing recognition that there is room for negotiation of identity within academic writing, and thus academic writing need not be totally devoid of a writer’s presence. In this article, we explore the notion of writer identity in academic essays by focusing on...