Publications

Publication details [#40729]

Shi, Ling. 2004. Textual Borrowing in Second-Language Writing. Written Communication 21 (2) : 171–200.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

borrowing | L2-acquisition | writing

Language as a subject

Chinese | English, American

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study investigates how first language and the type of writing task influence undergraduate students’ word usage from source readings in their English second language writing.