Uncovering published authors' text-borrowing practices: Paraphrasing strategies, sources, and self-plagiarism

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages 224-236

  Sun, Yu Chih ^a   Yang, Fang Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Paraphrasing; Patchwriting; Plagiarism; Plagiarism detection software; Self plagiarism; Text borrowing; Turnitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930607035     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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