The Use of Personal Pronouns: Role Relationships in Scientific Journal Articles
Abstract
This paper presents an empirical study of personal pronouns in scientific journal articles. Viewing written text as interaction, this study investigates how the use of personal pronouns may reveal writers perceptions of their own role in research and their relationship with expected readers as well as the scientific-academic community. First-person plural pronouns are used far more frequently than other types of personal pronouns. A further...
Paper Details
Title
The Use of Personal Pronouns: Role Relationships in Scientific Journal Articles
Published Date
Jun 1, 1999
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
121 - 138
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