Investigating Chinese University Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Plagiarism From an tegrated Perspective

Language Learning

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 813-850

  Hu, Guangwei ^a   Lei, Jun ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b XI'AN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Chinese university student; Cultural influence; Disciplinary intertextual practice; Plagiarism; Second language writing; Tertextuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865340145     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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