Are we visible? An interdisciplinary data-based study of self-mention in research articles

Volume: 52, Issue: 3
Published: Jan 1, 2016
Abstract
Research articles have often materialized through the use of impersonal objective strategies viz. abstract rhetors, passive constructions, and nominalizations. However, intrusive or subjective strategies, such as self-mentions, appear to integrate impersonal structures. As a rhetorical strategy to explicitly portray authorial selves, self-mentions help writers to project themselves into the discourse by marketing themselves and demarcating their...
Paper Details
Title
Are we visible? An interdisciplinary data-based study of self-mention in research articles
Published Date
Jan 1, 2016
Volume
52
Issue
3
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