声明
Abstract
摘要
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Research significance
1.3 Organization of the thesis
Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review
2.1 Identity
2.1.1 The concept of identity
2.1.2 Identity construction
2.1.3 Authorial identity construction
2.1.4 Self-referencing
2.2 Academic paper abstract
2.2.1 Brief introduction to abstract
2.2.2 Previous studies of abstract
Chapter Ⅲ Research Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 Data selection and corpora construction
3.2.1 Selection of articles
3.2.2 Corpus building
3.3 Research instrument
3.4 Research procedure
Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussion
4.1 The overall frequency and normalization of authorial identity construction forms in the corpora
4.2 Comparisons of self-referencing forms used between the corpora
4.2.1 First person pronouns
4.2.2 Self-referencing words
4.3 Authorial identity constructed by first person pronouns and self-referencing items
4.3.1 Authorial identity as “researcher”
4.3.2 Authorial identity as “writer”
4.3.3 Authorial identity as “arguer”
4.3.4 Authorial identity as “evaluator”
4.3.5 Summary
4.4 Reasons involved
Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion
5.1 Major findings
5.2 Implications for the further study
5.3 Limitations
Bibliography
Appredix
Papers Published during MA Program
Acknowledgments