'Stolen Language?' uncovers the reasons why students plagiarize, and explains what can be done about it. It challenges the concepts of original authorship and ownership of language and shows that plagiarism is a complex and contested subject.

Acknowledgements1. Introduction: An OverturePART I: DANCING A THEORETICAL STANCE2. Discourses and Access: Dancers in the Wings3. Plagiarism, "Originality" and Copyright: A Striptease4. Plagiarism and Referencing Across Genres: Different moves to different tunes5. The development of the student writer: from mimic to masterPART II: A MULTIVOICED TEXT: THE CHORUS6. Introduction to Part II7. Plagiarism and referencing as communicated in a departmental handbook: a discourse analysis8. The Role of Referencing9. Consequences of the practice of referencing and the monitoring of plagiarism10. Plagiarism in the developing writer - what's really happening?11. Developing authorial voice using multiple sources - difficulties and successesPART III: CONCLUSION12. A pedagogy for plagiarism and referencing: a finaleAppendix 1: A Collaborative Research ProcessAppendix 2: Previous Educational Writing ExperienceAppendix 3: Outline of Interview QuestionsAppendix 4: Quotations from The Council ChronicleReferences