Signalling nouns in English : a corpus-based discourse approach /

"Signalling nouns (SNs) are abstract nouns like problem, result, idea, and fact 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 t...

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Main Authors: Flowerdew, John, author, Forest, Richard, author
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Language:eng
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015
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