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Academic writing and plagiarism : a linguistic analysis / Diane Pecorari.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bloomsbury classics in linguisticsPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ; 2015.Description: 214 p. : 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781472589101
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN167 .P43 2015
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.
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 approaches plagiarism from a linguistic perspective, considering the relationship between texts and their sources. 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. Using empirical data drawn from a comparison of student writing with its source, Academic Writing and Plagiarism argues that some plagiarism, in this linguistic context, can be regarded as a failure of pedagogy rather than a deliberate attempt to transgress. The book examines the implications of this gap between the institutions' expectations of the students, student performance and institutional awareness, and suggests pedagogic solutions to be implemented at student, classroom and institutional levels." "Academic Writing and Plagiarism is a cutting-edge research monograph which will be essential reading for researchers in applied linguistics."--Jacket.
Item type: Research Collection

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.

"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 approaches plagiarism from a linguistic perspective, considering the relationship between texts and their sources. 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. Using empirical data drawn from a comparison of student writing with its source, Academic Writing and Plagiarism argues that some plagiarism, in this linguistic context, can be regarded as a failure of pedagogy rather than a deliberate attempt to transgress. The book examines the implications of this gap between the institutions' expectations of the students, student performance and institutional awareness, and suggests pedagogic solutions to be implemented at student, classroom and institutional levels." "Academic Writing and Plagiarism is a cutting-edge research monograph which will be essential reading for researchers in applied linguistics."--Jacket.