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# authorship

noun (authorship, usually no plural)

«authorship» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The fact of being the person who wrote a book, article, song or other piece of work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#m1)
2. The question of who wrote something, when it is not certain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English and history lessons it appears when we ask who wrote a text, and in discussions about copying and giving credit. It tells the reader who made a piece of writing. Common phrases: "the authorship of", "claim authorship", "disputed authorship", "joint authorship".

### Examples

- The authorship of the old poem is unknown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#x1)
- Nobody is sure about the authorship of some fairy tales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#x2)
- The two friends shared authorship of the comic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#x3)
- You must not claim authorship of work you copied. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#x4)
- Experts argued about the authorship of the letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#x5)
- Putting your name on a project shows your authorship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#x6)
- Paul Lacroix, in his fine edition of 1886, goes as far as to attribute the entire authorship of the prose tales to Perrault's son. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/#x7)

### Note

Usually uncountable: "authorship", not "an authorship". It comes from "author" plus "-ship" (like friendship). Copying someone's work and saying it is yours is called plagiarism and is cheating.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Jewish tradition says Sefer Yetzirah came from God and was given to Adam and then Abraham. Scholars of the time, like Mordell, say there is no proof of who wrote it or when. In the primary lessons: In English and history lessons it appears when we ask who wrote a text, and in discussions about copying and giving credit. It tells the reader who made a piece of writing. Common phrases: "the authorship of", "claim authorship", "disputed authorship", "joint authorship".

### Examples

- From the foregoing it is evident that so far we have no historic document by which to prove either the authorship or the exact age of the Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authorship/#x1)
- Thus far. it has been impossible to determine tiic ago and authorship of tlic Sefer Yetzirah. .Tcwish tradition claims divine origin for it: it was intrusted by tlie Lord to Adam and after- wards to Abraham\*\*\*). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authorship/#x2)

### Note

Usually uncountable: "authorship", not "an authorship". It comes from "author" plus "-ship" (like friendship). Copying someone's work and saying it is yours is called plagiarism and is cheating.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «authorship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authorship/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«authorship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/authorship.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «authorship» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authorship/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«authorship» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/authorship.html) on Mova free.