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Category Archives: English language
starting the PhD – learning new vocabulary
Scholarly work often involves learning new words. You know this right? Sometimes it even seems that in order to be considered a scholar you have to speak in words no one else can understand. Well that’s the stereotype. But let’s … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, English language, language, starting the PhD, syntax, vocabulary, word bank
Tagged lexicon, Pat Thomson, research, syntax, terminology, vocabulary
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academic publishing in English
This week I was at a sociology of education summer school. As you might expect, I was there to talk about academic writing and publishing. In this context, I wanted to situate my usual topic in a wider context, and … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, argument, English language, publishing
Tagged academic publication, academic writing, English language, Pat Thomson
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a double plus bad PhD experience
A few weeks ago someone posted this comment on patter. I think it’s worth reposting. As a non-native English Phd researcher, my conclusion is that doing a PhD written in English language is almost doing a PhD in creative English … Continue reading
Posted in English language, international PhD, supervision
Tagged English Language PhD, international PhD, Pat Thomson
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getting published in English language journals
I am often asked to say something about problems faced by scholars who are expected to publish in English, despite this not being their mother tongue. People refer to my book on getting published and ask for more. My book … Continue reading
the PhD and publication/by publication – a very peculiar practice? part one
It is now increasingly common in parts of Europe for PhDs in the humanities and social sciences to be awarded on the basis of publication. The norm seems to be three, but sometimes four, papers in international peer reviewed journals. … Continue reading
Posted in English language, Europe, monograph, parity, PhD, PhD by publication, publishing, thesis
Tagged parity, Pat Thomson, PhD by publication, scholarly monograph, thesis
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