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The PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research contains over 5000 words and phrases to help you write and present at university and research level in English.From Introducing your Work, Arguing for and against, Method, Analysis, Reviewing other Work, Presenting Results to Summary and Conclusions. Grouped by topic to find words and phrases easily.Written by PhD authors, the PhraseBook is specially designed for non-native speakers.Writing Help sections give advice on university and research writing in English, helping you avoid many common errors. Main sections include Style, Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Vocabulary.The PhraseBook is used in over 30 countries in subjects ranging from Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology to Law, Business and Economics, Political Science, Geography, History, Sociology, Psychology, Language and Education.Suitable for university and research writing from student to researcher and faculty level.- Over 5000 words and phrases for writing and presenting in English- Includes most frequent words in academic English- Writing help on style, spelling, punctuation and grammar- University and research thesaurus to improve vocabulary- Glossary of university and research terms- Exercises for individual and classroom use- British and American EnglishEXAMPLE PHRASESINTRODUCING YOUR WORKThe study will begin by outlining...This study addresses a number of issues...Chapters X and X concentrate on...The following section sets out......to examine the research problem in detail...to shed light on a number of problem areas in current theoryThe paper presented here is based in part on an earlier studyDEFINING THE SCOPE OF YOUR STUDYThe central question to be examined in this paper is...The study is important for a number of reasons:Present understanding of...is limited.Previous studies have shown or suggested that...The problem has been much discussed in recent literature.This approach has a number of advantages: firstly,...The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that...A fuller discussion of...will appear in a later publication.ARGUING FOR AND AGAINSTThis point is particularly relevant to...This becomes clear when one examines...This lends weight to the argument that...Support for this interpretation comes from...This raises the question whether...While it may well be valid that..., this study argues the importance of...A serious drawback of this approach is...One of the prime failings of this theory or explanation is...REVIEWING OTHER WORKX's study is a textbook example of...The study contains a number of new and important insights:X takes little or no account of...There is little evidence to suggest that...It is very much an oversimplification to...The study offers only cursory examination of...X gives a detailed if not always tenable analysis of...The authors' claim that...is not well founded.X's explanation is not implausible, if not entirely satisfactory.ANALYSIS AND EXPLANATIONIf, for the sake of argument, we assume...One of the most obvious consequences of...is...This would appear to be supported by...The importance of...is demonstrated clearly by...Although it may well be true that..., it is important not to overlook...It is important to distinguish carefully between...The extent to which this reflects...is unclear.A more plausible explanation for or of...would...The reason for...is unknown, but...has been suggested by X as a possible factor.SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSConcluding this section, we can say that...Chapter X draws together the main findings of the paper.The study has gone some way towards understanding...A number of key issues have been addressed in this study.This study has highlighted a number of problem areas in existing theory.While the initial findings are promising, further research is necessary.The results of this study suggest a number of new avenues for research.
