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Theterm
‘X’
is generally understood to mean / has come to be used to refer to / hasbeen applied to …
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Inthe literature
,
X
usually refers / often refers /tends to be used to refer
to
…
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Inthe field of X
, several / various / many
definitions of Ycan be found
.
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Theterm X
is / was / has been
used by Molotov [2011]to refer to
…
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Changuses the term X [2011] to
referto / denominate …
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X isdefined by Peng [1990]
torefer to / to mean …
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Chen[2015] has
provided / put forward / proposed
a newdefinition of X, in which
…
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X is
defined / identified / described
as
…
[Chang 2004]
.
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Inthe literature
there seems to be no general definition of X /a general definition of X is lacking /there is no clear definition of X.
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Severalauthors have attempted to define X, but
asyet / currently / at the time of writing
there is still no accepteddefinition.
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In
broad / general
terms
,
X
is / can be defined as
a wayto
…
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The
broad / general / generally accepted
use of the term X refers to
…
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X issometimes
equated with / embodies
a series of …
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X, Yand Z are three
kinds / types / categories / classes
oflanguages
.
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Thereare three kinds of languages: / The three kinds of languages are: / Languagescan be divided into three kinds:
X, Y and Z
.
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Theacronym PC
stands for / denotes …
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Thesubjects (
henceforth named / hereafter
‘X’) are …
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Thesubject, which we shall
call/ refer to
as
‘X’,
is
…
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Throughoutthis
paper / section
we use the terms
‘mafia’
and
‘themob’
interchangeably
, following /in accordance with
the practice of this department wherethis study was conducted
.
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Thereare three different types
,namely / specifically:
X, Y and Z.
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Throughoutthe / In this
paper we
use / will use
the term X to refer to
…
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Inthis chapter X
is used / will be used to
refer to
…
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Inthis paper the standard meaning of X
is /will be
used
…
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Thisaspect
is / will be dealt
with in more detail inSect.
2.
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Wewill
see / learn / appreciate
how relevant thisis in the next subsection
.
