global-journal-of-management-and-business-research-a-administration-management Global Journal of Management and Business Research - A: Administration & Management 0975-5853 2249-4588 Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 57334 On Non-Arbitrariness and Constructiveness of Nominalization in Business Discourse Lucy CHINA 15 01 2018 18 A7 39 43

The paper is based on the grammatical metaphor in systemic functional grammar and multi-stratification social semiotics of language, and explores the generative mechanism, categories and features of nominalization in business discourse. We can conclude that nominalization originates from a rank shift in the course of grammatical metaphor. The choice of nominalization is non-arbitrary, for it connects with the communicative purpose of speakers. Nominalization is a source of reconstructing human experiences, a process of the reconstruction of new meaning. At the same time, nominalization can push the development of theme and information, contributing to the construction of discourse meaning, revealing non-arbitrariness and constructiveness of nominalization in business discourse.

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- The paper is based on the grammatical metaphor in systemic functional grammar and multi-stratification social semiotics of language, and explores the generative mechanism, categories and features of nominalization in business discourse. We can conclude that nominalization originates from a rank shift in the course of grammatical metaphor. The choice of nominalization is non-arbitrary, for it connects with the communicative purpose of speakers. Nominalization is a source of reconstructing human experiences, a process of the reconstruction of new meaning. At the same time, nominalization can push the development of theme and information, contributing to the construction of discourse meaning, revealing non-arbitrariness and constructiveness of nominalization in business discourse.