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Modern scientific language demands a concise and business-like presentation of scientific information. Consequently, there is an increasing erasure of individuality, as authors now avoid using the personal pronoun »I», almost entirely shifting to impersonal and generalized personal modes of text presentation. In scientific literature, fewer authors insist on a »personal« style of exposition, which is also externally manifested: the narrative is usually constructed not from the first-person perspective but in a generalized personal or impersonal manner (in the best case, the first person is »masked« by the plural). In scientific journals and collections, articles by different authors generally do not reveal authorship stylistically, and sometimes it even appears that the presentation of research results is conducted somewhat automatically.

A peculiar system of literary techniques has emerged, whose application in scientific texts is highly imperative. It obliges the writer, when necessary to communicate so­mething in their own name, to use the pronoun »we« (and accordingly, verbs in the first-person plural) or impersonal constructions. This system does not exclude the use of the »lecturer’s« or »orator’s« we (thus, we see, thereby we obtain) and suggests characterizing the properties of the research object in linguistic terms as those that belong to it in reality, regardless of the perception of the subject. The »natural« use of »I« is restrained and not allowed by this system.

Still, it would be desirable to read more scientific texts where authors, when ne­cessary, directly state: »I propose« instead of »it is proposed«, »I developed the theory« instead of »the theory was developed«, »we obtained results« instead of »results were obtained«. Moreover, it is harder to ascertain from impersonal scientific exposition what belongs to the author and what to other researchers. Excessive impersonality cannot be the norm in scientific language. After all, in scientific research and its results, the personal role of the researcher is enormous and certainly does not yield to the role of »I« in other areas of social practice, and expressing one’s »I« is one of the fundamental needs of a person.

Keywords: scientific exposition, author’s individuality, impersonal pronouns, personal and impersonal verb forms, stylistic norms.

doi: 10.32403/0554-4866-2024-1-87-189-196