原创性是评价一篇论文好坏的一项重要指标,为了制止抄袭并提高论文写作的质量,如何减少抄袭行为成为研究的热点之一。本研究采用在线抄袭检测工具,对我国英语专业硕士研究生毕业论文的抄袭行为进行了分析与研究。研究结果表明,79.6%的论文抄袭率低于30%,19.2%的论文抄袭率在31-50%之间,1.2%的论文抄袭率在50%以上。从所抄袭的文章来源来看,来自网络的抄袭情况在三种抄袭来源中占首位。研究结果对提高硕士研究生毕业论文的质量有一定的指导作用。
Originality is one of the most important indicators to value the quality of MA theses. The study of plagiarism has become a growing concern nowadays in the world to help people to have good quality of their MA theses. As for the research methods, this paper is conducted in a rather large scale and adopts an on-line detection tool to study the plagiarism of English majors in their MA theses. The findings of the present study show that below 30% of plagiarism covers 79.6% of the theses; 31-50% of plagiarism, 19.2% of the theses; above 50% of plagiarism, 1.2% of the theses. These findings could help MA students to improve their academic writing for reducing plagiarism.
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