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Voice alternation and authorial presence : variation across disciplinary areas in academic english

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2018
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Seoane, E., & Hundt, M. (2018). Voice alternation and authorial presence : variation across disciplinary areas in academic english. Journal of English Linguistics, 46(1), 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424217740938

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This paper examines voice alternation, that is, variation between the active and passive voice in academic Englishes. The focus is on differences regarding degrees of author involvement. A previous study on the use of be-passives in fifteen varieties of academic English (Hundt, Schneider & Seoane 2016) found voice alternation to be very similar in both contact and native (ENL) varieties of English, with only American English showing a pronounced tendency towards a more frequent use of actives. A more fine-grained analysis, however, re

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  • Seoane, Elena
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  • Hundt, Marianne
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46

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3

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22

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English

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0075-4242

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Seoane, E., & Hundt, M. (2018). Voice alternation and authorial presence : variation across disciplinary areas in academic english. Journal of English Linguistics, 46(1), 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424217740938

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