Frequency of self-mention forms per discipline (Ø per 10,000 words).
Source: K. Hyland/English for Specific Purposes 20 (2001) 207-226
Percentages of voice per section in the processes of three types of sciences in 21 research articles.
Introduction Method Results Discussion
A P A P A P A P
Physical
sciences
63,0 37,0 26,0 74,0 72,0 28,0 71,0 29,0
Biological
sciences
74,0 26,0 38,0 6105 68,0 32,0 79,0 21,0
Social
sciences
84,0 16,0 46,0 54,0 77,0 23,0 85,0 15,0
A=active, P=passive Source: I.A.Martinez/English for
Specific Purposes 20 (2001) 227-247
Discipline Total Citation I Me My We Us Our Other
Physics 64,6 8,7 0,0 0,1 0,0 39,3 0,6 14,4 1,4
Marketing 61,3 6,9 1,6 0,0 0,7 31,0 1,1 18,9 0,6
Biology 56,2 22,6 0,0 0,1 0,1 24,0 1,1 7,2 0,7
Applied
ling.
51,8 9,1 36,1 3,0 9,7 25,4 2,8 14,5 0,2
Sociology 47,1 6,8 12,7 1,0 2,0 15,3 0,7 7,6 0,2
Electronic
eng.
44,4 10,7 0,0 0,0 0,0 23,3 0,4 8,6 0,5
Mechanical
eng.
17,8 9,6 0,0 0,0 0,0 5,5 0,0 1,4 0,4
Overall 50,5 8,3 11,2 0,8 2,4 17,8 0,8 8,3 1,1