ABSTRACT
The chapter attempts to examine the way in which monologue structures are efficiently signalled to listeners or readers. It concentrates specifically on the way in which a particular English discourse structure-the ProblemSolution structure-is signalled by the means of questions and vocabulary items of a particular type. The chapter does not, however, pretend to present a complete explanation of the complexities of monologues nor of their signalling systems; it should be taken rather as a first exploration which exposes as many questions as it answers.
