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The PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research gives you a bank of
over 5000 words and phrases to help you write, present and publish
at university and research level in English. Phrases are divided
into around 30 main sections, such as Introducing a Study, Arguing
For and Against, Reviewing other Work, Summarizing and Conclusions.
Many sections are further divided, for example the Relationship to
Previous Work and the Limitations of Current Knowledge (see below
for example phrases). Writing Help sections give advice on
university and research writing in English, helping you to avoid
many common errors. Main chapters include Style, Spelling,
Punctuation, Grammar, Vocabulary, Numbers and Time. These include
subsections on for example Referring to Yourself, British and US
Spellings, and Punctuating Quotations. The 4th edition also
includes a University and Research Thesaurus to help you improve
your academic vocabulary, as well as a Glossary of University and
Research Terminology. The PhraseBook is used in more than 30
countries in subjects ranging from Medicine, Engineering, Science
and Technology to Law, Business and Economics, Geography, History,
Sociology, Psychology, Language and Education. - Over 5000 words
and phrases to help you write, present and publish in English
- Written by PhD authors
- Specially designed for non-native speakers
- Suitable for university and research writing from student to
researcher and faculty level
- Includes most frequent words in academic English
- Exercises for individual and classroom use
- British and American English Example phrases Introducing your
work
The study will begin by outlining...
This study addresses a number of issues...
The following section sets out...
...to examine the research problem in detail
...to shed light on a number of problem areas in current
theory
The paper presented here is based in part on an earlier study
Arguing for and against
This becomes clear when one examines...
This lends weight to the argument that...
Support for this interpretation comes from...
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 work
X takes little or no account of...
There is little evidence to suggest that...
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 explanation
If, for the sake of argument, we assume...
One of the most obvious consequences of...is...
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 conclusions
Concluding this section, we can say that...
Chapter X draws together the main findings of the paper.
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.
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