学术英语句式合集-4 English for Writing Research Papers Useful Phrases 2.pdf

本文档由微信公众号“科研利器”整理 期待您的关注 English for Writing Research Papers Useful Phrases Many non-native researchers begin their writing career by reading extensively about their topic in English, and noting down useful generic phrases that they can then ‘paste’ into their own work. You can use such phrases as a template / structure for your paper into which you insert your own data. You at least know that these ready-made phrases are in correct English. You do not risk being accused of plagiarism because of the very generic nature of the phrases. This document presents lists of frequently used phrases that have a general acceptance in all disciplines that you can use in specific sections of your paper. This means that they are phrases that referees and readers frequently encounter, and this will help to describe your findings using conventional language. This is important as referees and readers do not want to be disturbed by strange expressions that could easily be replaced by one of the standard phrases given in this chapter. Where possible, the order of the useful phrases reflects the order that they might appear in a paper, and within a section. Thus the phrases should help you to structure each section. The same phrases may be needed in several sections of your paper. Below I have suggested which phrases you might need in each section. Abstract 1, 5 and possibly 2–4 Introduction 1–8, 9– 16 Literature review 4, 9– 16 Methods 17–30 Results 29–40 Discussion 35–45 Conclusions 45–51 Acknowledgements 52 There are also five other