Original paper

Creating the Authorial Self in Academic Texts: Evidence From the Expert’s Style of Writing

Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 69 - 94
Published: Jun 30, 2020
Abstract
This paper reports on an analysis of stance expressions in a 439,490-word corpus of Ken Hyland’s academic prose, encompassing 64 single-authored texts from journals, edited collections and his own monographs. Using WordSmith Tools 6.0, the study aims to find out how this expert academic writer creates his authorial self through stance mechanisms. The results reveal that Hyland’s authorial participation in his discourse is mostly manifested...
Paper Details
Title
Creating the Authorial Self in Academic Texts: Evidence From the Expert’s Style of Writing
Published Date
Jun 30, 2020
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
69 - 94
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