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Jun 3, 2014 · Plagiarism is a broad and multidisciplinary field of study, and within second-language (L2) writing, research on the topic goes back to the mid-1980s. In this review article we first discuss the received view of plagiarism as a transgressive act and alternative understandings which have been presented in the L1 and L2 writing literature.
Diane Pecorari brings recent linguistic research to bear on plagiarism, including processes of first and second language writers; interplay between reading and writing; writer's identity and...
Jul 1, 2014 · We review research into the role of the electronic media in changing orientations toward plagiarism, the potential role of culture as a cause of plagiarism in the work of L2 writers, and ...
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- Language Proficiency in the EMI University
- The Linguistic Demands of Writing Academic Texts (from Sources)
- Conclusion: Implications for Academic Integrity
Plagiarism is a particularly complex issue because it straddles the boundary between academic integrity and academic literacy. Academic texts are widely understood to involve complex and precise expression and rhetorical sophistication. Learning to write them is rarely easy, but writers who are working through a second language face an additional c...
It is in the nature of academic activity to build on earlier work. A scholarly responsibility exists to have read one’s way into the topic one writes about, and as a result most academic texts contain proli c fi references to the works which the writer has read and which have the potential to inform the topic at hand. This has two important implica...
Academic language is widely perceived as polysyllabic, complex, and dense, and a number of charac-teristic features are responsible for this effect. For example, academic texts are rich in nominalizations, that is, forms which consist of a process which is expressed as a noun, e.g., consolidation of porous media means that porous media are consolid...
This chapter began by suggesting that plagiarism is not always a question of academic integrity because it is not always a form of cheating. Not being able to write effective academic texts which observe source use conventions is no more unethical than not knowing how to solve differential equations or how to perform a titration or how to analyze a...
Sep 1, 2013 · Pecorari, Diane. McGraw-Hill Education (UK), Sep 1, 2013 - Education - 192 pages. This is a practical book aimed at improving university teachers’ skills in addressing plagiarism in pedagogical...
Jul 24, 2008 · Diane Pecorari brings recent linguistic research to bear on plagiarism, including processes of first and second language writers; interplay between reading and writing; writer's identity and...
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Diane Pecorari brings recent linguistic research to bear on plagiarism, including processes of first and second language writers; interplay between reading and writing; writer's identity and voice; and the expectations of the academic discourse community.
