ABSTRACT
Characterized as the metarepresentation of the linked ideas in another text, the scientific summary is a relevant retrieval instrument of knowledge. Prepared by its original author or specialized professionals, its construction is based on specific rules. Among the various requirements set for its elaboration, we have to investigate the development of a microtext that favors an objective, impartial and neutral style. One of the procedures aimed at achieving such proposal, according to the normative materials, is the use of the third person singular, which would allow the author to distance oneself from the production. Through the theoretical-reflective study, it has been found that, although the rules and much of the scientific community defend such assumptions, impersonality does not promote the speaker's distance from one's statement since there is intentionality, even though it may be underlying the text. The author never departs completely from their text, once there is not a text without enunciation. Given the above, what is actually achieved through these linguistic strategies are effects on meaning, used by the author in view of the self-image they wish to project.
Keywords:
Scientific summary; Preservation of the face; Discursive impersonality; Information Science