Explicating Tacit and Implicit Knowledge of First Person Use in English Academic Writing

• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Kyeong-Yeon Park
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.19 No.2, 81~108쪽, 전체 28쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.06.30

영문 초록

It has traditionally and commonly been held that academic writing is impersonal. However, personal intervention has also been emerging as another strategy in academic text. Despite previous research on first person use in English academic writing, there are still a number of writers who are not comfortable to use first person pronouns or patient with others’ using them. The subtle knowledge of first person in academic writing may still remain tacit and implicit. In line with explicating the tacit and implicit knowledge of first person use, this paper carries out a qualitative analysis in terms of two aspects: breaking down existing functions into component subcategories and illustrating single-authoring scholars’ use of first person plurals. The case study of 20 Research Articles (RAs) in academic discourse analysis comes up with subdivisions of the two most frequent first person functions: recounting the research process and guiding the reader through the text. The study also shows that single authoring scholars had the reader in mind when using first person plural subject pronouns rather than singular ones. The study draws attention to authorial presence in the teaching of academic writing.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Method

Ⅲ. Results and Discussion

Ⅳ. Conclusion and Pedagogical Implications

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키워드

학술 글쓰기 일인칭 사용 비인칭의 academic writing first person use impersonal