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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2026
Abstract
The present study aims to investigate the differences in citation usage and frequency among university students and expert writers in the field of Education. The analyzed corpus comprises 50 papers written in this discipline and is divided into two sub-corpora: one consisting of 25 TFGs and the other one formed by 25 articles published in specialized journals. To examine this phenomenon, a qualitative and quantitative methodology was employed, performing a textual analysis of the rhetorical functions of citations. This analysis is based in the typology proposed by Petrić in her 2007 article, slightly modified for the purpose of the present study. The research findings reveal distinct citation practices employed by both groups, representing the extremes of the academic expertise continuum. The qualitative analysis suggests didactic areas of action for enhancing undergraduate citation practices.
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Comments
This article was originally published in Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, available at https://doi.org/10.5209/clac.103466
This work is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).