Academic writing and plagiarism : a linguistic analysis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pecorari, Diane, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury classics in linguistics.

Bloomsbury Classics in Linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plagiarism.

Academic writing.

Report writing.

Bibliographical citations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plagiarism has long been regarded with concern by the university community as a serious act of wrongdoing threatening core academic values. There has been a perceived increase in plagiarism over recent years, due in part to issues raised by the new media, a diverse student population and the rise in English as a lingua franca. This book examines plagiarism, the inappropriate relationship between a text and its sources, from a linguistic perspective. Diane Pecorari brings recent linguistic research to bear on plagiarism, including processes of first and second language writers; interplay betwee

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Plagiarism: Why the need for a linguistic analysis?; Notes; Chapter 2 Plagiarism in perspective; Plagiarism in Historical Context; Plagiarism in Intercultural Context; Plagiarism in Transatlantic Politics; Plagiarism, Civil Rights and a Sense of Proportion; Notes; Chapter 3 Learning to write from sources; What Do Writers Need to Know about Plagiarism?; What Do Writers Need to Know about Using Sources?; How Do They Learn It?; Notes; Chapter 4 The texts; Investigating Source Use; Opaque Source Use in the Writing Samples

Were Sources Used to Good Effect?Notes; Chapter 5 'My position, it is impossible': The writers' perspectives; Was It Intentional?; Where Did It Come from?; How Did They Learn?; Notes; Chapter 6 The readers; Reactions to the Source Use in Context; Reactions to Opaque Source Use; Identifying Problematic Source Use; Individual Responses; Chapter 7 Plagiarism, patchwriting and source use in context; Teaching about Plagiarism; Institutional Responses; Electronic Plagiarism Detection; The Global Academic Community; The University of the Future; The Commodification of Higher Education

Questions for Further InvestigationConclusion; Notes; Appendix: Research methods; Choice of Participants; Appendix: Research methods; Choice of Writing Sample; The Interviews; Textual Comparison; Inferring a Causal Relationship from Similarity; Ethical Concerns in Researching a Sensitive Topi; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Print version: Pecorari, Diane. Academic writing and plagiarism : a linguistic analysis.

ISBN:

1-4725-8910-6

1-4742-5462-4