Academic Writing and Plagiarism
A Linguistic Anaylsis

Examines plagiarism, the inappropriate relationship between a text and its sources, from a linguistic perspective. This book uses empirical data drawn from a sample of student writing, compared against written sources to argue that some plagiarism 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, tutor and institutional levels. Academic Writing and Plagiarism is a cutting-edge research monograph which will be essential reading for researchers in applied linguistics.

I: Plagiarism in Context
1. Plagiarism as a pedagogical question
2. Plagiarism as a linguistic question
II: Investigating Plagiarism
3. Source dependence in academic writing
4. The role of intention in inappropriate source use
5. Explaining inappropriate source use
III: Implications
6. The problem
7. Disciplinarity and standards
8. Solutions
9. Changes in the university
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