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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"first-person pronouns"”.
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Approaching Author Identity through First-person Pronouns and Metadiscourse : A study of opinion articles in US news media
… the choice of metadiscourse resources containing first-person pronouns in US opinion news texts. The study has three main goals. The first goal is to establish which first-person pronouns are used by the authors of opinion articles, and which social variables influence or at least correlate with …
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Linguistic Cues to Deception
… in the results, although deceivers did use fewer first-person pronouns than truth tellers. That indicated deceivers were less willing to take ownership of their statements. Cues because of deceivers' attempts to appear truthful were present. Deceivers used more words and more exact language than …
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A corpus-driven study of features of Chinese students' undergraduate writing in UK universities
… chunks, connecting chunks, and those containing first person pronouns (e.g. Milton, 1999). This study found that while the Chinese students make greater use of particular connectors and the first person plural, both student groups make (limited) use of informal language. These areas of difference …
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A framework for analysis of authorial identity : heterogeneity among the undergraduate dissertation chapters
… endeavour, especially when facing it for first time, as is the case for undergraduates. Thesis writing at undergraduate level becomes more challenging when the writing is in a foreign language. In Mexico, undergraduate students are often required to write a thesis in English. However, …
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A discourse analysis of the nature of shared decision-making in general practice consultations
… are, the generation of patient involvement using first-person pronouns; the construction of direct, successful and unsuccessful requests from patients; the rhetorical construction of risk and evidence, with attention to the locating of agency. The analytic conclusions illuminate the complexities …
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Uniformity of pronoun case errors in typical development: the association between children's first person and third person case errors in a longitudinal study
… make errors in marking case on subject position pronouns (e.g., Me do it, Him like it; Huxley, 1970; Rispoli, 1994; Schütze & Wexler, 1996; Vainikka, 1993). It is an assumption of generative linguistic accounts that the case system is unified with case assignment uniform across grammatical …
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Identity construction in nurse practitioner-patient interactions
… Using Agha’s (2007) theory of figures of personhood, I outline the ways in which NPs align with the ‘caring provider’ through linguistic moves of solidarity such as engaging in small talk, using inclusive first person plural pronouns and mitigating medical advice through the use of hedging …
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It’s nothing personal? - A linguistic account of the personalization of American political communication
The personalization of political communication refers to the foregrounding of politicians (including their public and private lives and activities) rather than political groups, e.g., parties or administrations. Importantly, political personalization is considered as a process: as we move forward …