Academic Work

Relevant information on academic work including plagiarism and the process of degree theses at the Institute of Linguistics are listed here.

Documents on Studying

For academic linguistic work during studies, such as writing term papers or giving presentations, certain formal and content-related guidelines are specified, which the linguistics students of the ISW must follow. These also apply to the writing of theses, such as the bachelor and master thesis. The document "Guidelines for writing scientific papers" in Linguistics collects all requirements for the structure and formal aspects of written papers and presentations, as well as information on BA and MA theses and their defense.

"Research Methods" class

The class ‘Research Methods’ (KSL root nr. 514669; ‘Linguistische Arbeiten in der Linguistik’ in German) provides additional assistance and guidance on academic work at the ISW. It is recommended from the second semester onwards or when writing a seminar paper for the first time. The class is offered as a podcast every semester. Further information is available on KSL.

Plagiarism

In science, the unmarked paraphrasing of a text or the adoption of an argument or data without citing the source is considered plagiarism. Both the complete adoption of a text or individual text sections (e.g. from printed publications such as newspapers, magazines or books or from the Internet) and the use of other people's ideas, argumentations or facts without citing the source are penalized. This applies to written work as well as to presentations and other forms of performance assessment.

Plagiarism results in a grade of 1. In addition, lecturers are obliged to immediately report the persons concerned to the Executive Director of the Institute of Linguistics; the Institute's secretariat keeps a list of plagiarism cases. The Executive Director decides whether the case is to be reported to the Dean's Office in accordance with Article 4 paragraph 3 of the "Richtlinien der Universitätsleitung betreffend das Vorgehen bei Plagiaten" of 28 August 2007 and 3 July 2012.