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@article{ART001974035},
author={Eungi Kim},
title={Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management},
issn={1013-0799},
year={2015},
volume={32},
number={1},
pages={227-243},
doi={10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227}

TY - JOUR
AU - Eungi Kim
TI - Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
PY - 2015
VL - 32
IS - 1
PB - 한국정보관리학회
SP - 227
EP - 243
SN - 1013-0799
AB - The objective of this research was to quantitatively examine the uses of first person pronouns in academic journal paper abstracts. An approximate total of 144,400 abstracts that comprising of four disciplines (chemistry, computer sciences, social sciences, and medicine) from nine countries (China, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, France, Spain, United Kingdom, and U.S.) were quantitatively examined. By exploring the use of first person pronoun in abstracts, this paper examined the current practices among academics in the world. The results indicate the norms of each author’s country and the norms of each discipline. Furthermore, the frequency-count result of this study contradicted viewpoints of academics who disapprove the use of personal person expressions in abstracts. An implication of this study is that there is a need for academics to acknowledge the uses of first person pronoun in the real world before forming personal opinions regarding the first person pronoun.
KW - first person pronoun;passive voice;active voice;abstracting and indexing;article abstracts
DO - 10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227
ER -

Eungi Kim. (2015). Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 32(1), 227-243.

Eungi Kim. 2015, "Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts", Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, vol.32, no.1 pp.227-243. Available from: doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227

Eungi Kim "Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts" Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management 32.1 pp.227-243 (2015) : 227.

Eungi Kim. Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts. 2015; 32(1), 227-243. Available from: doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227

Eungi Kim. "Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts" Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management 32, no.1 (2015) : 227-243.doi: 10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227

Eungi Kim. Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 32(1), 227-243. doi: 10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227

Eungi Kim. Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management. 2015; 32(1) 227-243. doi: 10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227

Eungi Kim. Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts. 2015; 32(1), 227-243. Available from: doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227

Eungi Kim. "Quantitative Evidence on the Uses of the First Person Pronoun (I and We) in Journal Paper Abstracts" Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management 32, no.1 (2015) : 227-243.doi: 10.3743/KOSIM.2015.32.1.227