Tracing Plagiarism: Linguistic Indicators and Gender-Based Patterns in Forensic Linguistics

Abstract

“Plagiarism represents a spectrum of behaviors from copying text verbatim to closely paraphrasing without credit, challenging academic integrity. “Neumann (2002)This can take the form of copying text, paraphrasing without proper citation, or using someone else’s images, videos, or other forms of media without proper attribution. Plagiarism is considered unethical and can have serious consequences in educational, professional, and legal contexts. Forensic Linguistic analysis of plagiarism involves identifying and comparing the writing style, language, and other linguistic features of a suspected plagiarized text to the original source material. This study investigates the linguistic evidences to identify the usage of language among male and femalein plagiarised.