TRI DUC ENGLISH ✦ ACADEMIC EDGE ⸻ 2026 edition Mastering Key Academic Nouns Ideas · Phenomena · Processes — Frequent and important nouns in academic English 💡 A. General nouns referring to ideas These nouns are essential for discussing concepts, theories, and subjects in your academic writing. Pay attention to the prepositions that follow them. Example (with prepositions underlined) Comment She wrote an article on the subject of class. thing which is being discussed, considered or studied The theme of the poem is emigration. main subject of a talk, book, etc. The students were given a list of essay topics . used to refer to what one is studying or writing about There was a lively debate on the issue of globalisation in the seminar yesterday. subject/problem which people are thinking/talking about Political theory is a popular undergraduate subject statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based The model of climate change presented in the Stern Review seems to be becoming a reality. a representation of something as a simple description which might be used in calculations The book is called ' The Nature of Intelligence'. main characteristic of something Human behaviour is based on the principle of least effort. basic idea or rule that explains how something happens or works 🔍 B. Specific nouns connected with ideas and phenomena Example (with prepositions underlined) Comment Repetition is an important aspect of speech development in children. one individual part of a situation, problem, subject, etc. Automatic backup is a feature of the new software. a typical quality of something The political motives for the government's actions are beyond the scope of this essay. range of a subject covered by a book, discussion, class, etc. The study revealed a pattern of results which could be interpret...