Improper textual borrowing practices: Evidence from Iranian applied linguistics journal articles

Volume: 35, Pages: 42 - 55
Published: Sep 1, 2018
Abstract
The current study investigated inappropriate textual borrowings, in Iranian English scholarly journals of applied linguistics. They were examined in terms of their frequency and patterns as well as the way they function in rhetorical organization of the texts. The originality check was performed on the Introduction sections of 115 journal articles, using the text matching software (iThenticate) along with human inspection to exclude irrelevant...
Paper Details
Title
Improper textual borrowing practices: Evidence from Iranian applied linguistics journal articles
Published Date
Sep 1, 2018
Volume
35
Pages
42 - 55
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