英语学术期刊论文中代词的跨学科研究

A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration on Pronouns in English Academic Research Articles

摘要: 本研究旨在探讨英语学术期刊论文中代词的总体分布特征及其在不同学科中的使用差异。基于自建语料库，对硬科学与软科学代表学科的期刊论文进行统计与对比分析。结果显示，代词在软科学语篇中的使用频率显著高于硬科学，表明软科学更注重作者身份的显现与读者互动，而硬科学则倾向于保持客观与去个体化的表达。进一步分析发现，人称代词在各学科中使用最为频繁，指示代词和关系代词在硬科学中相对集中，主要用于实现语篇衔接与概念指向。研究揭示了学科差异对代词选择的显著影响，为理解学术语篇中的身份建构与修辞策略提供了新的实证依据。

Abstract: This study presents a cross-disciplinary investigation of pronouns in English academic research articles, examining their overall distribution and disciplinary variations. Based on a self-compiled corpus, statistical and comparative analyses were conducted on representative journals in both hard and soft sciences. The results indicate that pronouns occur significantly more frequently in soft science texts, reflecting a stronger emphasis on authorial presence and reader interaction, whereas hard science texts tend to favor objectivity and depersonalization. Further analysis shows that personal pronouns are the most commonly used across disciplines, while demonstrative and relative pronouns are relatively concentrated in hard sciences, primarily serving discourse cohesion and referential functions. This cross-disciplinary study demonstrates the significant influence of disciplinary context on pronoun usage and provides new empirical insights into identity construction and rhetorical strategies in academic research articles.