The Student Phrase Book : Vocabulary for Writing at University (Paperback, 2 ed)

Introduction.- TOPIC, AIM AND ARGUMENT.- 1. Topic- 2. Aim and scope.- 3. Proposition and argument.- DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATION.- 4. Brief definitions.- 5. Classification and characteristics.- METHODOLOGY, METHOD AND FINDINGS.- 6. Methodology, model and method.- 7. Data, findings, problems and anomalies.- AMOUNT, LEVEL AND PROPORTION.- 8. Amount, level, proportion and distribution.- 9. Adequate and inadequate amounts.- CONTEXT, NORMS, RISK AND THREAT.- 10. Context, occurrence, norms and deviation.- 11. Advantage, disadvantage, risk and threat.- COMMUNICATION, UNDERSTANDING AND POSITION.- 12. Communication, expression, signification and portrayal.- 13. Knowledge, understanding, way of thinking and belief.- 14. Position, point of view, impartiality and bias.- 15. Time, sequence, duration and frequency- 16. Change, movement, trend and tendency.- ENCOURAGEMENT, ALLOWANCE AND PREVENTION.- 17. Encouragement and improvement, discouragement and deterioration.- 18. Allowance, prevention, exclusion and elimination.- ORIGIN, CAUSE, EFFECT AND LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP 19. Origin, cause and effect.- 20. Connection, compatibility, reciprocity and lack of relationship.- COMPARISON, SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE 21. Comparison, similarity, equivalence, convergence and balance.- 22. Difference, differentiation, diversity and divergence.- ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENTS,- 23. Analysis of evidence and identification of argument flaws.- 24. Grouping of authors' ideas and identification of common themes.- EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENTS.- 25. Authors' evaluations of each other.- 26. Your positive evaluation of evidence and arguments.- 27. Your negative evaluation of evidence and arguments.- 28. Your agreement, disagreement, and counterarguments.- IMPORTANCE, IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS.- 29. Linking evidence to theory and practice.- 30. Importance, significance and dominance.- 31. Influence and impact.- CONCLUSIONS, CLARIFICATION AND FUTURE ACTION.- 32. Conclusions, implications and new ideas.- 33. Qualifying conclusions and degrees of certainty.- 34. Summary, clarification and restatement of position.- 35. Recommendations, advice and solutions.- APPENDICES.- Latin abbreviations and phrases.- Word class: a brief explanation.- Index: word table.- Index: alphabetical.-