中国语言学博士论文作者身份构建的研究.pdf

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中国语言学博士论文作者身份构建的研究












专业名称： 外国语言学及应用语言学
作者姓名： XU GUANGWEI 
指导老师： 陈融
WRITER IDENTITY IN CHINESE LINGUISTIC
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS IN ENGLISH



by

XU GUANGWEI




A Thesis

Submitted to the Graduate School
of Xi’an International Studies University
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

MASTER OF ARTS
in

FOREIGN LINGUISTICS AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Xi’an, China
2013
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ABSTRACT
This thesis reports a study of writer identity as it is expressed through
self-reference in the academic writing of L2 doctoral candidates in China. It examines
the occurrences of self-reference items and discusses the discourse functions of first
person pronouns in twenty doctoral dissertations and compares with these findings of
previous scholars in writer identity constructed by native English speakers in English
academic writing. My methodology is both quantitative and qualitative. The purpose
of the present study is thus to see how identity is constructed by academic writers
through use of self-reference, why Chinese academic writers choose to refer to
themselves the way the