Awang @ Hashim, Nazratul Akmal (2019) Analyzing Linguistic Characteristics of Paraphrase in Second Language (L2) Writing. In: The 5Th International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture. Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 55-60. ISBN 9789674614362
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Abstract
Paraphrasing serves as a fundamental skill in academic writing which requires students to understand and respond to a specific written passage. The skill allows students to borrow the ideas of an author and rewrite them in their own words. Students in L2 contexts particularly, use paraphrasing as an important borrowing strategy when integrating source text into their writing. Campell (1998) defines paraphrasing as "using different phrasing and wording (requiring citation) to express a particular passage that was originally written or spoken by someone else, in order to blend the other’s idea smoothly into one’s own writing" (p. 86). Meanwhile, Uemlianin (2000) defines paraphrasing as “the reproduction of the information content and structure of source text” (p. 349). There is no consensus regarding paraphrasing in academic writing although the skill is very crucial to avoid plagiarism. According to Keck (2006), writing at tertiary level requires students to synthesize information from previous literature whenever they want to complete their assignments. This is due to the fact that the idea of a text is a result of previous texts the writer has encountered, which means the written texts cannot be totally original (Pennycook, 1996).
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H1-99 Social sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan (School of Humanities) > International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture (ICLLIC) Koleksi Penganjuran Persidangan (Conference Collection) > International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture (ICLLIC) |
| Depositing User: | Puan Sukmawati Muhamad |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2019 08:44 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2019 08:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/45619 |
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