Citation practices in bachelor´s and master´s theses of English language students of the
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Citačné praktiky v bakalárskych a diplomových prácach študentov anglistiky Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Citation practices in bachelor´s and master´s theses of English language students of the University of Prešov in Prešov

Author(s): Lucia Dancisinova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Lingvokulturologické a prekladateľsko-tlmočnícke centrum excelentnosti pri Filozofickej fakulte Prešovskej university v Prešove (LPTCE)
Keywords: academic discourse;citation analysis;professional English language;integral citations;paraphrasis;quotation;

Summary/Abstract: The study deals with the analysis of citation practices of English language (ESL) students at the University of Prešov in Prešov in their final theses at the bachelor´s and master´s levels ofstudies. The attention was focused on selected aspects of reporting and citations (quotationsvs. paraphrases; integral vs. non-integral citations) with the aim of description of respectivestudents´ citation practices in their bachelor´s or master´s theses. It was found out that Englishlanguage students preferred non-integral citations (in the analysed corpora) and paraphrases(in three out of four subsets of the analysed corpora).

  • Issue Year: 6/2015
  • Issue No: 23-24
  • Page Range: 194-201
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Slovak