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First-Person Voice

In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
Edited by: Lisa M. Given
Subject:Qualitative Research

Writing in the first-person voice involves using the first-person pronoun (I, we, me, us, my, our) to represent your ideas. In some disciplines, the first-person is commonplace; in others, third-person voice is expected, and therefore demanded by dissertation committees, journal ...

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  Given, L. M. (2008). First-person voice. In The SAGE encyclopedia of qualitative research methods (Vol. 1, pp. 352-352). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963909.n177
  
  Given, Lisa M. "First-Person Voice." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods, edited by Given, Lisa M., 352-352. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963909.n177.
  
  Given, L. M. 2008. First-Person Voice. In: Lisa M. Given Editor, 2008. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 352 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963909.n177> [Accessed 24 Jul 2021].
  
  Given, Lisa M. "First-Person Voice." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 352-352. SAGE Knowledge. 24 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963909.n177.
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