TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vera Benninghoven
PY  - 2018
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631760185
TI  - The Functions of ‹General Nouns›
T2  - Theory and Corpus Analysis
DO  - 10.3726/b14310
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1056111
N2  - The author critically discusses the concept of ‹general nouns›, which Halliday/Hasan introduced in their approach to lexical cohesion (1976), and she provides a comprehensive overview of these nouns from a micro- and a macro-linguistic perspective. For the empirical analysis, the author compiled a corpus, which allows statements about a medium- and genre-specific use of ‹general nouns›. For this purpose, she developed an analytical tool, which takes into account formal and semantic features. The major outcome of the corpus analysis is that ‹general nouns› are much more flexible in form and function than Halliday/Hasan assumed and, most importantly, that they fulfil genre-specific functions some of which have not systematically been associated with lexical cohesion.
KW  - lexical cohesion, modification, reference, legal language, political language, conversation
LA  - English
ER  -