For Fitzy, who was there at the beginning, and for Olivia and Amy, who were there at the end.


Acknowledgement Text on page 19 reprinted from Keck, C. (2006). The use of paraphrase in summary writing: A comparison of L1 and L2 writers. Journal of Second Language Writing. 15, 4: 261–278. Copyright 2006, with permission from Elsevier.


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