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Academic Collocations — C2

Verb–noun pairings · academic discourse · C2 research register
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Exercises practising Academic Collocations. Total: 24 points. Vocabulary from the C2 word bank is used throughout.
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Exercise 1
Which word is it?
12 points
Read the definition and write the word or phrase.
1
To accumulate an increasing body of supporting evidence:
2
To produce results, especially after research or effort:
3
To provide the foundation or support for a theory:
4
To be present throughout an area of academic writing:
5
Evidence that is very convincing and difficult to dispute:
6
Analysis that takes account of fine distinctions and avoids oversimplification:
7
A research method that is thorough, precise, and scientifically sound:
8
Accepted or recognised by the majority of people in a field:
9
Backed by evidence from observation or experiment, not just theory:
10
Fundamentally influenced or determined by something:
11
Very little attention or consideration given to something:
12
To cause doubts about the validity or truth of something:
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences
12 points
Only one word or phrase from this chapter fits each sentence. Change its form if you need to.
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A lack of longitudinal data the literature in this field.
2
This area of research has received in the literature.
3
The paper offers a of the political dynamics involved.
4
The evidence is that early intervention is most effective.
5
It is that the causes are multiple and interrelated.
6
Classical mechanics much of modern engineering.
7
Modern science has been by the digital revolution.
8
There is that diet affects cognitive function.
9
New data the assumptions of the original model.
10
The study employed a , including blind peer review.
11
The new methodology surprising results.
12
The hypothesis is by three independent studies.

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