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Signalling Nouns in English: A Corpus-Based Discourse Approach

By John Flowerdew , Richard W. Forest

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107022118, 9781107022119
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1076548 bytes)
Series
Studies in English Language
Pages
306\306
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-02-25 23:12:35
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Дискурс и дискурс-

Description

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.

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