Designed primarily for academic and
scientific writers who are non-native speakers of English, the
Academic Phrasebank is a general resource for academic writers
provided by the University of Manchester. It aims to offer examples
of some useful phrases which might kick start your writing and
thinking.
The phrases are mostly content neutral
and generic. They are organised according to the main sections of a
research paper or dissertation (Referring to Sources, Describing
Methods, Reporting Results, Discussing Findings, Writing
Conclusions).
Other phrases are listed under the
more general communicative functions of academic writing (Being
Critical, Being Cautious, Classifying and Listing, Compare and
Contrast, Defining Terms, Describing Trends, Describing Quantities,
Explaining Causality, Giving Examples, Signalling Transition, and
Writing about the Past).
