Integration of sources in academic writing: A corpus-based study of citation practices in essay writing in two departments at the University of Botswana

The ability to cite sources appropriately is an important feature of academic writing. Academic writers are expected to integrate ideas of others into their texts and take a stance towards the reported material as they develop their arguments. Despite this importance, research has shown that citatio...

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Main Author: Boitumelo T. Ramoroka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2014-04-01
Series:Reading & Writing
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Online Access:https://rw.org.za/index.php/rw/article/view/41