声明
Acknowledgments
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Research background
1．2 Research purposes and focus
1．3 Research significance
1．3．1 To extend the scope of writer identity research in students’ writings
1．3．2 To strengthen cross-cultural awareness of writer identity
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Theoreticai considerations
2．1．1 Social constructionists’ views on identity
2．1．2 Social interactionists’ views on identity
2．2 Identity in written text
2．2．1 Typologies of writer identity in writing
2．2．2 Author roles in writing
2．3 Empirical studies on identity in first person pronouns
2．3．1 Autobiographical studies
2．2．2 Linguistic studies on first person pronouns in identity
2．2．3 Contrastive studies
2．4 Enlightenment for the present study
Chapter Three Methodology
3．1 Research questions
3．2 Data collection
3．3 Data analysis
3．3．1 Quantitative approach
3．3．2 Qualitative approach
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4．1 Overall occurrences of the first person pronouns in the corpus
4．2 First person pronouns in identity
4．2．1 Semantic reference of first person pronoun
4．2．2 Author roles in first person pronouns
4．3 Discussion
4．3．1 Cultural collectivism
4．3．2 Self orientations and other orientations
4．3．3 Sense of authority in writing
4．3．4 Cross-cultural rhetoric and writing conventions
4．3．5 Other possible explanations
Chapter Five Conclusion
5．1 Answers to research questions
5．2 Implications
5．3 Research limitations
5．4 Suggestions for future study
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