THE OMNIPRESENT AUTHOR: DISTRIBUTION OF MARKERS OF AUTHORIAL PRESENCE IN SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN LINGUISTICS, ECONOMICS, AND TECHNOLOGY WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, SERBIAN, AND GERMAN**

Authors

  • Milica Rodić

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2024.16.3

Keywords:

authorial stance, authorial presence, self-mention, scientific writing, English, Serbian, German

Abstract

Across cultures, authors use a variety of linguistic strategies to implement their voice into their academic texts, sometimes explicitly marking their presence through personal pronouns. Based on a corpus of 124 research articles written by native speakers in English, Serbian, and German, in the fields of linguistics, economics, and technology, this study investigates the quantitative and qualitative uses of authorial presence markers across these communities. The quantitative results show that these markers are most frequently used in the English sub-corpus, followed by the Serbian and German sub-corpora. Moreover, they are used most frequently in linguistics, and least in technology, while the economics sub-corpus in English accounts for almost half of the markers in the entire corpus. These differences are further elaborated in a qualitative analysis discussing their context of use.

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Published

2024-12-30

How to Cite

Rodić, M. (2024). THE OMNIPRESENT AUTHOR: DISTRIBUTION OF MARKERS OF AUTHORIAL PRESENCE IN SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES IN LINGUISTICS, ECONOMICS, AND TECHNOLOGY WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, SERBIAN, AND GERMAN**. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 16(1), 63–84. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2024.16.3

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2024): BELLS - volume 16

Section

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS

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