Abstract
The results of a survey of the form and context of 248 citations used in five sociology papers revealed that 101 were written as introduced in academic writing textbooks, with few indirect citations. More than 30% of the total citations were presented in parentheses only, a form not presented in the textbooks. There were 108 cases in which verbs were used to denote quotations, and 45% of them used the "-te iru" form. This trend in usage may be helpful for future instruction.
