How do I structure a journal article?; "Can I use 'I' in a research article?"; "Should I use an active or passive voice?" - Many such questions will be answered in this book, which documents the linguistic devices that authors use to show how they align or distance themselves from arguments and ideas, while maintaining conventions of objectivity.

Phuong Dzung Pho is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Vietnam National University, and Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia. The author's research interests include discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, stance and genre analysis. Her research has been published in 'Discourse Studies' and in various edited collections.