Use of first person pronouns: A corpus based study of journal articles

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dc.contributor.authorBaşal, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorBada, Erdoğan
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-25T18:06:33Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T18:06:33Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.descriptionBasal, Ahmet/0000-0003-4295-4577
dc.description.abstractScientific writing is traditionally thought to be impersonal. Therefore, it is not surprising for academicians to see the encouragement of the use of impersonal constructions in scientific articles by most of style manuals. This study is based on an investigation of the use of first person pronouns in journal articles. In many of such scientific articles, personal pronouns I and we can both be seen as a choice for authors to stand their involvement in their writings. In this study, a comparison of 16 articles published between 2000-2005 in the Social Sciences Journal of Cukurova University (SSJC) and English Language Teaching Journal (ELTJ) to determine the frequency of occurrence of first person pronouns I and we. Moreover, the semantic references of these pronouns as inclusive and exclusive according to the way they are used in these articles were investigated. In the light of the results, it is clear that writers of ELTJ used first person pronouns more than those of writers of SSJC. Among the first person pronouns, I was used more than we by writers of ELTJ whereas we was used more than I by scientific writers of SSJC. Scientific writers of ELTJ mostly preferred using exclusive we whereas scientific writers of SSJC preferred using inclusive we. It is concluded that pronoun use is an important aspect of scientific writing and should be included in the curriculum to raise awareness of learners to use them effectively in their scientific texts.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Project Unit of Cukurova University, TurkeyCukurova Universityen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank to the publishers and editors of two international journals included in the corpus of this study. This study is based on the MA thesis of the first author supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdogan Bada and supported by Scientific Project Unit of Cukurova University, Turkey.en_US
dc.identifier.citationclosedAccessen_US
dc.identifier.endpage1788en_US
dc.identifier.issn1308-7711
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84861130724
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage1777en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/5243
dc.identifier.volume4en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000300336900058
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSila Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEnergy Education Science And Technology Part B-Social And Educational Studies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectScientific writingen_US
dc.subjectFirst person pronounsen_US
dc.subjectScientific journal articlesen_US
dc.titleUse of first person pronouns: A corpus based study of journal articlesen_US
dc.typeArticle

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