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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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becoming friends with theory
I’m currently reading some theory that I’ve not read before. It’s in a field associated with mine, but the two areas are rarely brought together. I’m reading because I am wondering whether there is something in this new theoretical resource … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, reading, theory
Tagged connection, difficulty, Pat Thomson, reading, terminology, theory
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