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Category Archives: 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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the academic earworm
We all know about earworms. They’re that piece of music that we can’t get out of our heads (thanks Kylie). The Earworm Project – yes, there really was such a thing and it was real, proper, actually funded research – … Continue reading
Posted in academic earworm, academic writing, critical, language
Tagged academic earworm, critical thinking, Pat Thomson
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