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Third person self-reference 

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Academic writers often refer to themselves as ‘the author’, ‘the (present)

researcher’, and often refer to their own work impersonally. This is especially the

case in abstracts and other types of summary:

[article abstract, written by the article’s author]

This article looks at the effect of transoceanic migration on rural Sicilian

families. 

The author focuses on the conflicts, stresses, and transformations

experienced by members of transnational families. … 

This essay highlights the

deeply gendered nature of transnational migration, and the role of the family in

altering ideas of husband, wife, mother and father.