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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459201903321

Autore

Pecorari Diane

Titolo

Academic Writing and Plagiarism [[electronic resource] ] : A Linguistic Analysis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-282-87405-5

9786612874055

1-4411-3511-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

808.066

Soggetti

Academic writing

Bibliographical citations

Plagiarism

Report writing

Literature - General

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Plagiarism: Why the Need for a Linguistic Analysis?; 2 Plagiarism in Perspective; 3 Learning to Write from Sources; 4 The Texts; 5 'My Position, it is Impossible': The Writers' Perspectives; 6 The Readers; 7 Plagiarism, Patchwriting and Source Use in Context; Appendix: Research Methods; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 looks at processes of first and second language writers; interplay between



reading and writing; writer's identity and voice; and th