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Indirect Quotations

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Citing Interviews

Basics The examples are to be understood as suggestions. Depending on the faculty and professors,  formal requirements may vary. Develop your own transparent, consistent and comprehensible system for referring to conducted interviews. Explain your chosen system in your thesis, e.g. in the methodology section or at the beginning of the results. How exactly you indicate …

This article was published in August 2025 and last updated in November 2024.

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How to Integrate Research Positions Into Your Text

Common expressions in academic texts There are many ways to present a position neutrally, using your own words. Here are some examples: According to/in the view of X/…, X states … X explains/writes about the topic … X analyzes/examines/evaluates/divides Y into different groups/classes/types … X assumes/accepts/interprets/reads Y as … X compares/makes a comparison/distinguishes between Y …

This article was published in August 2025 and last updated in November 2024.

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