Self-mention in English Theses: A Corpus-based Comparison of Native-English and Native-Vietnamese Speakers

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/3L-2025-3102-13" target="_blank" >10.17576/3L-2025-3102-13</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Self-mention in English Theses: A Corpus-based Comparison of Native-English and Native-Vietnamese Speakers

Original language description

There has been an increasing interest in authorial presence in academic writing in the past decades. However, there seems to be a lack of research on novice writers’ writing. This study examines the use of self-mention markers in Master’s theses in TESOL written in English by native-English speakers (NES) and native-Vietnamese speakers (NVS) to understand differences in authorial presence and rhetorical strategies. Through a comparative analysis of the two corpora, the findings reveal significant variations in the frequency and types of self-mention employed. The findings show that NES writers favour first-person singular pronouns (e.g., ‘I,’ ‘my’) and first-person plural pronouns (e.g., ‘we,’ ‘our’) to assert direct authorial presence, while NVS writers prefer third-person noun phrases (e.g., ‘the researcher’) for a more impersonal tone. NES writers use self-mention for a broader range of rhetorical functions, particularly for explaining a procedure, stating a purpose and stating results, while NVS writers focus on describing procedures, elaborating an argument and stating a purpose with less personal engagement. These patterns suggest cultural and linguistic influences on academic writing, where NES writers adopt a more involved stance, and NVS writers maintain a more formal and objective style. The study concludes that NVS students may benefit from instruction on the strategic use of self-mention to assert greater authorial presence in their writing. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature

ISSN

25502247

e-ISSN

01285157

Volume of the periodical

31

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

178 - 193

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105009500585