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Ouellette, Mark A. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2008
While plagiarism is often viewed in terms of ethical binaries, scholars in composition studies have recognized plagiarism as part of literacy practices governing identity construction. In this light, what is at stake is how writers construct identity by positioning stance-claims according to the standards of respective discourse communities. For…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Self Concept, Cultural Context, Discourse Communities
Flower, Linda – 1995
A series of three studies looked at argument across significant contexts to understand what students must learn to "argue" in these contexts and carry out their practices. Study 1 involved 19 pre-college minority writers who were asked to take a "rival hypothesis" stance to their source texts that discuss issues in minority…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Discourse Communities, Higher Education, Inquiry