WRITING
REFERENCES/CITATION/BIBLIOGRAPHY BY APA STYLE FOR SINGLE AUTHOR
Consider
the following expression;
“A
book called Sociolinguistics has been written by R. A. Hudson and published
in
Cambridge by Cambridge University Press in 1980. “
1. Write the surname/last name of the author
followed by comma
Eg
Hudson,
2. Write the initials of other names which is
followed by full stop
Eg
Hudson, R.A.
3. Write the year of Publication in brackets. The
brackets are followed by full stop
Eg
Hudson, R.A. (1980).
4. Write the title of the book which must be
in italics (If written by computer) or underline (if handwritten) followed by
full stop. The first letter of the main word in the title must be capitalized.
Eg. Hudson, R.A. (1980). Sociolinguistics.
5. Write the city/town/place of publication where
the book was published followed by colon (:)
Eg. Hudson, R.A. (1980). Sociolinguistics. Cambridge:
6.Write the name of the publishing company (Publisher)
followed by full stop
Eg Hudson, R.A. (1980). Sociolinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
NB:
1. If the book is written by two up
to six authors, separate each author
by comma then use ampersand (&) for the
last author
2. If there are more than six authors, write the
first author and the word Et al (which means and others) other
procedures remain the same..
3. If you are making
reference/citation within the text, Write the surname of the
author and the year only
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