The concept of plagiarism from the perspective of a group of peruvian university students

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46744/bapl.201901.005
Keywords: plagiarism, copy, academic product, university, implication

Abstract

Plagiarism, considered as a dishonest act, has been denounced by both academic and non-academic institutions. Given the seriousness and impact of the event, its implications nowadays go beyond regulatory sanctions and its scope even reaches legal and criminal matters. In the present study, a group of definitions is analyzed, product of the information provided by a group of 200 students of a Peruvian private university in order to identify which are the words with which they qualify this act, which are the academic products susceptible of plagiarize and what is the definition that emerges from what is stated by the participants. The study is qualitative. Each participant was given a coded record with three questions on general data (age, gender and career) and an open-ended question in which they are asked to define in their words the term plagiarism. The results indicate that the terms with the greatest presence in the definitions are copy, person, exam, information and works (academic). In this investigation, finally, a definition of plagiarism is proposed based on what was expressed by the participants.

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Author Biographies

Teresa Ramos Quispe, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa

Licenciada en Literatura y Lingüística por la Universidad San Agustín de Arequipa, licenciada en Educación Secundaria por la Universidad Católica de Santa María, magíster en Lingüística Aplicada por la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín y magíster en Lexicografía Hispánica por la Real Academia Española y la Universidad de León de España. Catedrática de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa y de la Universidad Continental, filial Arequipa. Autora del Minidiccionario quechua (Ediciones El lector, 2017) y colaborada del Diccionario de peruanismos.

Dennis Arias Chávez, Universidad Continental, Arequipa

Doctor en Educación, magíster en Filología Hispánica, magíster en Educación Superior y licenciado en Literatura y Lingüística. Investigador calificado en el Registro Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología y de Innovación Tecnológica (RENACYT). Coordinador de Investigación de la Universidad Continental (Arequipa) y profesor de programas de maestría y doctorado de diversas universidades nacionales. En el 2017 fue condecorado por la Municipalidad Provincial de Arequipa por su labor en la promoción de la investigación en las aulas universitarias.

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Published
2019-06-30
How to Cite
Ramos Quispe, T., & Arias Chávez, D. (2019). The concept of plagiarism from the perspective of a group of peruvian university students. Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua, 65(65), 87-100. https://doi.org/10.46744/bapl.201901.005
Issue
No 65 (2019): Enero - Junio
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Articles

Copyright (c) 2019 Teresa Ramos Quispe, Dennis Arias Chávez

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