Some of the entries in the Academic Phrasebank, contain specific content words which have been

included for illustrative purposes. These words should be substituted when the phrases are used. In
the phrases below, for example, the content words in bold should be substituted:

X is a major public health problem, and the cause of .....

X is the leading cause of death in western-industrialised countries.

The many thousands of disciplinary-specific phrases which can be found in academic communication
comprise a separate category of phrases. These tend to be shorter than the generic phrases listed in
Academic Phrasebank, and typically consist of noun phrases or combinations of these. Acceptability
for reusing these is determined by the extent to which they are used and understood by members of
a particular academic community.
Further work
Development of the website content is ongoing. In addition, research is currently being carried out
on the ways in which experienced and less-experienced writers make use of the Academic
Phrasebank. Another project is seeking to find out more about ways in which teachers of English for
academic purposes make use of this resource.

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