Last modified: 2021-09-17
Abstract
Most of the time, academic writing has been thought as a kind of impersonal and faceless discourse. However, there is a tendency that now writers willingly show their identity in the writing as supported by recent researches by Tang and John (1999), Tang (2006) and Hyland (2002a, 2002b) that demonstrate that there is a room for negotiation to show the writer’s identity. The most visible identity that can be shown by the writer is by using the use of the first personal pronoun. This expression of self is an important way of creating of one’s own voice, of speaking with authority, and of securing reader support (Hyland, 2002b). This study aims to analyze the identities constructed by Indonesian writers their academic research articles, in terms of the frequency and the functions of the use of the first personal pronoun based on Tang and John’s typology (1999).
Affiliation: Unika Atma Jaya, Jakarta
Email: christytampubolon@yahoo.com
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