This paper thinks…’/‘I argue…’: English and Chinese Author Identities in Linguistics Conference Abstracts  

Oleh:

Hei, Yuqin ; Guo, Wen ; Hei, Yufen

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Asian ESP Journal vol. 9 no. 2 (2013), page 52-74.
Topik: author identity; English and Chinese conference abstracts; linguistics conference abstracts
Fulltext: 52-74.pdf (198.67KB)

Isi artikel

This study investigates author identity represented by both implicit and explicit self-references in English and Chinese conference abstracts (CAs). A quantitative analysis is conducted to find out he distribution of different authorial roles realized by the deictic noun phrases (this paper/study/researcher/author) and the first person singular and plural pronouns (we and I) in the subject position. Then, a qualitative analysis is conducted to explore reasons behind the distinctive features found in the use of the linguistic devices, by referring to different social and cultural backgrounds, discourse communities, writing conventions as well as the genre and discipline. The results show that the English CA writers present themselves more frequently and in more explicit ways, showing stronger authorial power from a more individual perspective while the Chinese CA writers tend to project author roles in more impersonal or indirect ways, showing weaker authorial power from a more collective perspective. By analyzing author identity in English and Chinese CAs, this study aims to extend the current contrastive study on academic discourse.

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