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.

PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research in English

Stephen Howe

Kristina Henriksson

Whole World Company Press

Newly published, the Concise PhraseBook for Writing Academic English contains over 3000 phrases to help you write papers, reports, essays, theses and dissertations at university and college.\nThe PhraseBook is divided into sections that follow the structure of academic writing, including Introduction, Method, Presenting Data, Literature Review, Arguing For and Against, Analysis, Presenting Results and Conclusions.\nThe phrases are based on the PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research in English (ISBN 1492959790), which is used in more than 30 countries worldwide. Suitable for university and college writing from Bachelor to Masters and PhD Over 3000 phrases for academic writing Designed for native and non-native speakers Layout of the PhraseBook helps you structure your text Global English, including British and American spellings Exercises for individual and classroom use 
Sections\nPreface and acknowledgements 
Writing a bio 
Introducing a study or presentation 
The aim of your study and outlining the topic 
Defining the scope of your study or presentation 
Your method or approach 
Definitions, notation and terminology 
Presenting data 
Giving examples 
Literature review and the relationship to other work 
Referring to other work 
Reviewing other work 
What you agree with 
What you disagree with 
Arguing your case and putting forward ideas 
Arguing against 
Analysis and discussion 
Explaining and giving reasons 
Qualifying and hedging 
Quantifying 
Time 
Hypotheses and probability 
Rhetorical questions and addressing your audience 
Comparing and contrasting 
Tying a text or presentation together 
Presenting results 
Interpreting findings 
Concluding a study or presentation 
Summary and abstract 
Making a presentation 
Writing academic emails\nExample phrases\nIntroducing 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\nArguing 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...\nReviewing 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.\nAnalysis 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... 
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.\nSummary 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.\nAlso available on Amazon: PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research in English (ISBN 1492959790)\nFrom the Back Cover\nOver 3000 phrases to help you write papers, reports, theses and dissertations at university and college

Concise PhraseBook for Writing Academic English

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