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Plagiarism in Writing Shelley Angelil-Carter RO Routledge U TLE DG Taylor & Francis Group E LONDON AND NEW YORK First publishcd 2000 by Pcarson Education Limitcd Published 2014 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon. Oxon OXI4 4RN 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routlcdgc is "" impri11t o{tlzc 'Jizylor & Fru11cis Group. u11 inf(mlltl busincss Copyright <<J 2000, Taylor & Francis. The right of Shelley Angelii-Carrer to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may he rcprinted or rcproduced or utiliscd in any form or hy any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or herealier izwented, including photocopying and rccording, or in any information storagc or rctricval systcm. without pcrmission in writing from thc publishcrs. Koticcs Knowlcdgc and bcst practicc in this ficld arc constantly changing. 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ISBN 13: '178-0-582-31'199-!1 (pbk) British Library• Catnloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this hook is availahle from the British Lihrary Lilnmy of Congnss Cataloging-in-Publication Data Angelii-Carter, Shelley. Stolen Language? : plagarism in writing I Shcllcy Angelii-Carter.-2nd ed. p. cm. - (Real language series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-582-31998-6-ISBN 0-582-31999-4 (pbk.) I. Plagiarism. 2. Imitation in literature. 3. Literary ethics. I. Title. II. Series. PN167.A64 2000 808-dc21 99-087296 Set in 10/12pt Janson by 35 Contents Acknowledgements ix 1 Introduction: an overture 1 Part I Dancing a Theoretical Stance 7 2 Discourses and access: dancers in the wings 9 3 Plagiarism, 'originality' and copyright: a striptease 15 4 Plagiarism and referencing across genres: different moves to different tunes 30 5 The development of the student writer: from mimic to master 34 Part 11 A Multivoiced Text: The Chorus 51 6 Introduction to Part 11 53 7 Plagiarism and referencing as communicated in a departmental handbook: a discourse analysis 56 8 The role of referencing 61 9 Consequences of the practice of referencing and the monitoring of plagiarism 73 VI CONTENTS 10 Plagiarism in the developing writer - what's really happening? 93 11 Developing authorial voice using multiple sources - difficulties and successes 104 Part III Conclusion: a finale 111 12 A pedagogy for plagiarism and referencing 113 Appendix Previouse ducationalw riting experience 133 References 136 Index ofa uthors 143 Index of te17tlS 145 For my parents,A rthur and Roma Carter, with love and gratitude This pagei ntentionallyl eft blank Acknowledgements Although this work was authoredb y me, this is a multivoiced text, in that there were many around me who helped me to think through the ideas presentedh ere, and who gave me feedbacko n various drafts of this book. Here I would like to thank Lucia Thesen, Rob Moore, Rochelle Kapp, Moragh Paxton, Nadia Hartman, Cathy Hutchings, Tim Hughes, Suellen Shay, Dr Hilary Janks and ProfessorP aul Waiters. Thanks also to Hilary Janks and SarahM urray for their assistancea nd encouragemenitn getting this book published. My thanks go to the editors of the Real Language Seriesf or supportingt his book from the start, and particulart hanks to Euan Reid for his gentle but insightful feedback, in guiding this book towards publication.T he book would not have beenp ossiblew ithout the participation of all the students,t utors and academics taff whom I interviewed, and I am grateful to them for sharing their writing, thoughtsa nd ideas with me. The work was supportedb y a grant from the University of CapeT own's University ResearchC ommittee, for which I would like to express my appreciation. Special thanks are due to SarahM urray, for her always generouss haring of her knowledge,f or her accessibilitya nd encouragementa, nd for generally acting as a very supportivem idwife to this baby. Finally I thank my husband,S erge Angelil, and my children, Raymond, Oliver and Lauren, for dancingw ith me.