On plagiarism, patchwriting and the problems of overseas students in British universities

Malcolm Coulthard

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    Abstract

    Although according to Angélil-Carter (2002: 2) ‘plagiarism is a modern Western concept which arose with the introduction of copyright laws in the Eighteenth century’, its avoidance is now a basic plank of respectable academic scholarship. Student plagiarism is currently a hot topic, at least for those who teach and study in British and American universities. There are companies selling both off-the-shelf and written-to-order term papers and others, like Turnitin.com, offering an electronic detection service. Recently an Australian Rector was dismissed for persistent plagiarism earlier in his career and most Anglo-American universities have warnings against and definitions of plagiarism on their websites – indeed Pennycook notes that in the mid-90s Stanford University's
    documents about plagiarism were reproduced by the University of Oregon apparently without attribution, and suggests, whimsically, that there is 'one set of standards for the guardians of truth and knowledge and another for those seeking entry' (1996: 213),
    (example and quote taken from Pecorari, 2002, p 29).
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPerspectivas interdisciplinares de la lingüística aplicada
    EditorsMaría Luisa Carrió Pastor
    Place of PublicationValencia (ES)
    PublisherUniversidad Politécnica de Valencia
    Pages17-30
    Number of pages14
    Volume2
    ISBN (Print)84-6096-062-5, 978-84-6096-062-1
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

    Bibliographical note

    Incloudes comunicacions presentades al XXII Congreso sobre Lingüística aplicada celebrat a la Universitat Politècnica de València

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