title: Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English: Helps students learn the language they need to write academic English, whatever their chosen subject
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description: In-depth treatment of over 22,000 words, phrases and meanings informed by the 85-million-word oxford corpus of academic english, which includes a broad range of textbooks and academic journals from 26 different disciplines within the subject areas of humanities, social sciences, life sciences and physical sciences 50,000 corpus-based examples show words in genuine academic contexts and help students use words correctly academic word list words marked, showing students the most important academic words to learn first 690 collocation notes, with full-sentence examples, show over 26,000 collocations and word patterns 80 thesaurus notes, grammar points and which word notes language banks help with functions such as linking ideas and describing trends 48-page oxford academic writing tutor with model texts and writing tips helps students structure and write a variety of assignments, including essays and dissertations the oxford academic iwriter on the cd-rom, an interactive version of the writing tutor, provides frameworks for students to write their own assignments 47-page reference section includes information about academic grammar, as well as punctuation, numbers and measurements, help with irregular verbs and a list of geographical names with pronunciation
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  The Academic Phrasebank is a 
  general resource for academic 
  writers. It makes explicit the more 
  common phraseological ‘nuts and 
  bolts’ of academic writing. 
  Academic 
  Phrasebank 
  A compendium of commonly 
  used phrasal elements in 
  academic English in PDF format 
  2015b enhanced edition 
  Personal Copy 
   
  Dr John Morley 
  
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  Preface 
   
   
  The Academic Phrasebank is a general resource for academic writers. It aims to provide the 
  phraseological ‘nuts and bolts’ of academic writing organised according to the main sections of a 
  research paper or dissertation. Other phrases are listed under the more general communicative 
  functions of academic writing. 
   
  The resource was designed primarily for academic and scientific writers who are non-native speakers 
  of English. However, native writers may still find much of the material helpful. In fact, recent data 
  suggests 