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Seminar papers and assignments must be handed in with the respective coloured cover sheet.
For BA and MA theses include a signed plagiarism declaration
(cf. http://www.ens.unibe.ch/content/studies/writing_papers/index_eng.html)
Quotation
Indent 2.5 cm from the left margin any direct quotation of over four lines (three lines in case of poetry). Do
not add quotation marks.
All alteration to direct quotations must be indicated by putting the altered words/letters within square brackets.
Errors in the original text should be reproduced and indicated by adding [sic]. Ellipses are marked by [].
Titles of independent publications (monographs, novels, dramatic texts, collections) are always put in italics
(e.g. Wordsworths Lyrical Ballads), titles of texts published within larger works (poems, short stories,
articles, book chapters) are indicated by double quotation marks (e.g. The Idiot Boy).
The sources of any material you have cited directly, paraphrased, or summarized must be acknowledged by
in-text references in the following manner:
Default
(Surname of Author Page Number)
(Taylor 388)
Two or Three authors
(Surname and Surname Page Number)
(Taylor and Sullivan 34)
(Surname, Surname, and Surname Page Number)
(Taylor, Sullivan, and Eggins 96)
Four or more authors
(Surname, et al. Page Number)
(Taylor et al. 388)
More than one work by the same author
add short version of Title (one or two words) to the reference in italics (monography) or double
quotation marks (article), preceded by a comma
(Taylor, Nature 388)
(Taylor, Animal 127)
Paraphrase
add cf. to reference
(cf. Taylor 388)
Quotation including emphases
original emphasis
(Taylor 388; emphasis in the original)
added emphasis
(Taylor 388; emphasis added)
Quotation Marks & Punctuation in in-text referencing
- In-text references follow directly after closing quotation marks before the next punctuation mark, e.g.: Author
claims that word word word (Page).
- In block quotations, the in-text reference follows the punctuation mark at the end.
English Department