Options of identity in academic writing
Abstract
Students often see academic writing as an alien form of literacy designed to disguise the author and deal directly with facts. Style guides and textbooks commonly portray scholarly writing as a kind of impersonal, faceless discourse, and EAP teachers direct students to remove themselves from their texts. But how realistic is this advice? In this article I briefly explore the most visible expression of a writer's presence in a text: the use of...
Paper Details
Title
Options of identity in academic writing
Published Date
Oct 1, 2002
Journal
Volume
56
Issue
4
Pages
351 - 358
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