Signalling Nouns in English

Name: Signalling Nouns in English
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A Corpus-Based Discourse Approach

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Studies in English Language

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Signalling nouns (SNs) are abstract nouns like 'fact', 'idea', 'problem' and 'result', which are non-specific in their meaning when considered in isolation and specific in their meaning by reference to their linguistic context. SNs contribute to cohesion and evaluation in discourse. This work offers the first book-length study of the SN phenomenon to treat the functional and discourse features of the category as primary. Using a balanced corpus of authentic data, the book explores the lexicogrammatical and discourse features of SNs in academic journal articles, textbooks, and lectures across a range of disciplines in the natural and social sciences. The book will be essential reading for researchers and advanced students of semantics, syntax, corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, in addition to scholars and teachers in the field of English for academic purposes.

Author Biography:

John Flowerdew is a Professor in the Department of English at City University of Hong Kong. Richard W. Forest is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Central Michigan University.

Release date Australia

January 22nd, 2015

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Professional & Vocational

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Worked examples or Exercises; 85 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white

Pages

306

Series

Studies in English Language

Dimensions

160x236x22

ISBN-13

9781107022119

Product ID

22296396

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