"So What are "We" Working On?" Pronouns as a Way of Re-Examining Composing
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2012
Abstract
The encounters of writing center tutors and clients, this essay argues, are tensional, asymmetrical, and productive negotiations of a coauthored we. As authorship and authorization are discursive processes, we offer an empirical examination of how personal pronouns mark important shifts in the dynamic creation of a shared academic manuscript in writing center consultations. Though it is tempting to analyze the work of we as simply inclusive, our analysis proposes that we is multifunctional, periodically signaling collaborative affiliation and disaffiliation, marking the negotiation of coauthorship, implying shared identity, and acting as an indicator of institutional discourse.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Composition Studies, v. 40, issue 1, p. 24-38
Scholar Commons Citation
Pantelides, Kate and Bartesaghi, Mariaelena, ""So What are "We" Working On?" Pronouns as a Way of Re-Examining Composing" (2012). Communication Faculty Publications. 573.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/573
