Abstract

This paper presents four case studies guided by the research questions: how do doctoral students distribute their citation forms in the same literarypractice, how do these distributions change across diff erent versions ofthe text produced during a year and a half of doctoral training, and whatreasons do they attribute to these choices and preferences of use? Toanswer them, we analyzed the style and integration of citations in threeversions per writer, and contrasted with semi-structured interviews. Thiscombined methodological approach contributes to the growing traditionof postgraduate writing studies interested in the relationships between thewriter’s discursive choices and the construction of his or her academicidentity