Publications

Publication details [#48667]

Baumgarten, Nicole. 2008. Writer construction in English and German popularized academic discourse: The uses of we and wir. Multilingua 27 (4) : 409–438.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

academic language | popular culture | reader | writing

Language as a subject

English | German

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

This paper explores writer–reader interaction via the construction of writer and reader personae in English and German popularized academic discourse using first person plural pronouns in subject position.