【SSCI语言系列2】Describing research gaps

Describing research gaps时会用到的一些句子。部分小站君做了注释，大部分没有注释。更多内容敬请关注我们即将推出的SSCI系列课程。

#1

51. ____ deservesmore research attention.

52. Most _____studies have focused mainly on ____

53. The vastmajority of the work in this area has focused on ____

54. There islimited research investigating ____

55. There is scantevidence that ____

56. To date, nostudy has looked specifically at ____

注释1：To date 比until now/so far更正式

57. To the best ofmy/our knowledge, no study has focused on ____

58. Few studieshave investigated the impact of ____

59. Littleresearch has been done on ____

注释2：littleresearch/few studies

60. Little isknown about ____

61. Relativelylittle is understood about ____

62. To date, scantattention has been paid to ____

63. Since ____,little has been written about ____

64. Few attemptshave been made to investigate the role of ____

#2 Previous researchhas largely overlooked [11] the…

65. role of ____

66. importance of____

67. significanceof ____

68. issue of ____

69. challengesassociated with ____

70. ways in which____

71. possibilitythat ____ 

#3

72. Previousstudies have disregarded ____

73. Research on____ has relied primarily on ____

74. Previousresearch in the field of ____ has been restricted to ____

75. A limitednumber of studies have addressed ____

76. Existingresearch has focused on ____ but has failed to explore ____

77. Within thefield of ____, a number of crucial questions remain unanswered.

78. Few studies inthe field of ____ have sought to examine ____注释3：seek比try to do更正式

79. Remarkably fewstudies have been designed to ____

80. The evidencepoints to ____. However, the role of ____ is still poorly understood. 注释4：However前为.However后为,

81. ____ is animportant area of enquiry; however, relatively little is known about ____

82. Most scholarsseem to agree that ____. However, there continues to be debate about ____

83. ____ has beenthe subject of research since ____. However, ____

#4

84. A number ofstudies have shown that ____. However, important

questionsregarding ____ remain unanswered.

85. Available dataregarding ____ are contradictory.

86. Smith’sresearch is not without controversy. 注释：not without 双重否定表肯定

87. Smith’s studyhas been subject to a great deal of criticism.

88. Smith’sattempts to establish a link between ____ and ____ are questionable.

89. Critics of____ argue that ____

90. Thelimitations of ____ are increasingly apparent.

91. There remainmany unanswered questions about ____.

92. While therehas been a great deal of research on ____, very few studies____

93. Although aconsiderable body of research has ____, less attention has been paid to ____

94. Despitedecades of research on ____, ____ has been less than satisfactory.