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ERIC Number: EJ593221
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-4906
The "I" in Identity: Exploring Writer Identity in Student Academic Writing through the First Person Pronoun.
Tang, Ramona; Suganthi, John
English for Specific Purposes, v18 supplement ps23-s39 1999
Explores the notion of writer identity in academic essays by focusing on first-person pronouns. The main argument is that the first-person pronoun in academic writing is not a homogeneous entity. Essays of 27 first-year undergraduates at the University of Singapore are examined based on a typology of six different identities behind first-person pronoun. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Essays, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Pronouns, Second Language Instruction, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Language; University of Singapore
Note: Special issue: Asian English for Specific Purposes.