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232lexemes such as nouns (the author(s), William J. Barber) and verbs of ‘saying’, i.e.,implying verbal activity, (write, edit, argue) ix . With the help of the microconcordprogram, a survey of the active reporting verbs such as ‘write’, ‘define’, ‘argue’, ‘stress’,emphasize’, and ‘seek to define/explain/address’ was conducted and the resultingconcordance demonstrated that, in 69.88% of the occurrences, these verbs indeed signalreference to the author(s). Then a frequency test showed that this type of verbalconstruction appears slightly more often in economics (every 2,132 words) than inlinguistics (2,211 words) and much more frequently than in chemistry (4,915 words).Antithetically, passive constructions play down agency in sentences and thereforecan be expected to be associated with inanimate subjects such as the book or chapters. Aconcordance of passive constructions showed that this is also the case and a frequencytest showed that this type of verb form appears much less often in economics (every 703words) than in linguistics (380 words) and even less frequently than in chemistry (260words). Both concordances (passive and active verbal constructions) suggest thateconomics is more ‘author-oriented’ than the other two areas.Also, inclusion of the writer’s proper name in the opening paragraph of BRshappens more often in economics (55%) than in linguistics (50%) and chemistry (30%).Likewise, as evaluation in Move 4 is examined in detail, it is only in economics that thereviewer makes the final recommendation referring to the author of the book as thegrounds for evaluation: