Plagiarism in the Japanese universities: Truly a cultural matter?

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-29

  Wheeler, Greg ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Japan; Patchwriting; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249094352     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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