Signalling Noun in English

A Corpus-Based Discourse Approach

John Flowerdew and Richard W. Forest 2015

E-Book: 306 English pages

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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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.

Review

“Powerfully evidenced throughout with reference to a wide range of corpus sources, this is a very richly textured book of singular importance to our understanding of a core feature of discourse organisation, extending previous work with real insight and originality.”
Ronald Carter, University of Nottingham

“This corpus-based description of the grammatical and discourse features of signaling nouns provides important insights into their use, and makes a critical contribution to exploring cohesion and coherence in texts. It’s well worth reading!”
Peter H. Fries, Professor Emeritus, Central Michigan University

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