A Forensic Linguistic Analysis of Plagiarism Practices

Forensic linguistics is the scientific study of language in forensic contexts and for forensic purposes. It involves analyzing language used in various legal contexts. Forensic linguistics provides a scientific approach to detecting and analyzing plagiarism, which is essential for maintaining academic integrity. In academic writing there are many M.A. students commit plagiarism practices in writing their theses. Plagiarism is a cancer that erodes academic integrity from the ground up. It has witnessed a great interest at the present time due to its great spread among students. There are many factors that help in this, including the student’s ignorance of correct documentation, as well as the method of academic writing. This study sheds the light on plagiarism practices among Iraqi M.A. students in forensic linguistic perspective.