Looking for some quick references on how to sounds good in your research paper? Or don’t understand whata are the phrases there for? The follow page could help you, for you to refer on and make your research paper more professional, or help you understand what does the researcher really want to say. For instance:
Research Phrase: It has long been known…
Translation: I didn’t look up the original reference.Reserach Phrase: It is clear that much additional work will be required before a complete understanding of the phenomenon occurs…
Translation: I don’t understand it.Research Phrase: It is hoped that this study will stimulate further investigation in this field…
Translation: This is a lousy paper, but so are all the others on this miserable topic.
It is a fun piece to read, but I think I may find it useful as well.
A Dictionary of Useful Research Phrases – [Flyzhy.org]
Ah, reminds me of my days as a consultant and my firm’s favorite phrase “Our research has shown…”. Roughly translates to “Here’s something I pulled out of thin air (or elsewhere!)”.
- MB
I do not know who put together this glossary first, but I was given a mimeographed copy of a typewritten list (yes, blue ink and the smell of alcohol and all) back in 1989 by one of my professors. More than ten years ago, I transcribed that list and put it on my personal web site at Cornell (See http://web.archive.org/web/19991118043727/www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/glossary.html). When Cornell shut down the personal web page service, I moved the list to http://www.unur.com/sinan/outbox/091220-glossary-of-research-phrases.html Given that phrases above were directly lifted from that page and the link points to a parked domain, I thought these links would be useful.