Academic Writing and Plagiarism: A Linguistic Analysis

by Diane Pecorari

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441139532
• ISBN13: 9781441139535
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"