§ As is well known, …
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§ … complement current or existing research
§ Many authors agree that …
§ Many authors would agree that …
§ …, as put forward (in the study of …) by X
§ The notion of … derives from …
§ Building on or drawing on X’s work, …
§ X’s theory is obviously of relevance or applicable here
§ The most detailed examination of … to date is …
§ A number of other studies …
§ Two comparatively recent studies are …
§ Noteworthy studies of … are …
§ a topical area of research
§ the wealth of literature on …
§ … presented recently …
§ In view of this, it is useful to …
§ issues currently under discussion
§ this is reflected in current research on …
§ an area that has become increasingly important
§ An increasing amount of literature is devoted to …
§ Interestingly, some studies show …
§ Several authors have commented on …
§ A growing number of researchers share the view of … as …
§ The problem has been much discussed in recent literature.
§ Recent research on … has made great strides towards …
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§ a widely held belief
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§ Traditionally, …
§ Conventionally, …
§ Recently, there have been important advances in …
§ A number of aspects of the problem require further investigation.
§ This is reflected in X’s findings that …
§ Other authors have also called for …
§ Many authors have stressed the importance of …
§ Few authors would dispute that …
§ A number of other studies have argued …
§ X and X have also pointed to or out …
§ Researchers adopting this position are for example …
§ a foot in both camps
§ Rather than engaging in the debate on …, I would like to …
§ Rather than adding yet another explanation for …, we would like instead to focus on …
§ Rather than going over old ground, …
§ This study contends that …
§ Although a number of studies exist on …,
§ … still a great deal of disagreement
§ a bone of contention
§ Current theory, as it stands, does not adequately account for …
§ Our understanding to date has been limited to …
§ This study questions the widely held view that or of …
§ This study differs from previous research in a number of respects:
§ There has as yet been no systematic investigation of …
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§ With the risk of offending some readers, …
§ In contrast to previous research on …, this study …
§ Research in this area has been limited to …
§ Very little has been written on …
§ … is or are frequently overlooked in discussions of …
§ … has rarely been done before....
§ Unlike some or many or most earlier studies, this study …
