Matthias Hölzner undertakes a systematic analysis of the valency behaviour of selected nouns in authentic texts. The studies are based on a multi-dimensional noun valency concept and provide important insights into the realisation of arguments within the noun phrase. As the analyses show, the arguments of valent nouns are however frequently realised outside the noun phrase, i.e. at the sentence or text level. Matthias Hölzner demonstrates how these freedoms in realising arguments in texts are used as a means of establishing coherence.