This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Martin, J.R. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Incongruent and proud: de-vilifying 'nominalization'

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

This rejoinder reviews the interpretation of nominalization and grammatical metaphor in systemic functional linguistic theory and the critical role it plays in constructing knowledge, enabling evaluation and facilitating information flow. It is suggested that different disciplines deploy grammatical metaphor in complementary ways to construct their discourse and that these discourses depend fundamentally on this resource for their existence.

Key Words: critical discourse analysis • grammatical metaphor • nominalization • positive discourse analysis • systemic functional linguistics

Discourse & Society, Vol. 19, No. 6, 801-810 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0957926508095895


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				J. E. Bonnin Religious and political discourse in Argentina: the case of reconciliation Discourse Society, May 1, 2009; 20(3): 327 - 343. [Abstract] [PDF]