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English Abstract Nouns as Conceptual Shells : From Corpus to Cognition / Hans-Jörg Schmid.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 34Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]Copyright date: ©2000Edition: Reprint 2012Description: 1 online resource (457 p.) : Zahlr. Abb. u. TabellenContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110167672
  • 9783110808704
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425 21
LOC classification:
  • PE1205 .S35 2000eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Part I. Foundations: Theory, terminology and methodology -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Approaching shell nouns -- Chapter 3. The links between shell nouns and contents -- Chapter 4. The systematic investigation of shell nouns -- Chapter 5. Semantic prerequisites -- Part II. The use of shell nouns -- Chapter 6. Describing shell-noun uses -- Chapter 7. Factual uses -- Chapter 8. Linguistic uses -- Chapter 9. Mental uses -- Chapter 10. Modal uses -- Chapter 11. Eventive uses -- Chapter 12. Circumstantial uses -- Chapter 13. Summary of Part II -- Part III. Functions of shell nouns -- Chapter 14. Introduction to Part III -- Chapter 16. Pragmatic, rhetorical and textual functions -- Chapter 17. Cognitive functions -- Chapter 18. Conclusion and outlook -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index of shell nouns -- Index of subjects -- 459-460

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Part I. Foundations: Theory, terminology and methodology -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Approaching shell nouns -- Chapter 3. The links between shell nouns and contents -- Chapter 4. The systematic investigation of shell nouns -- Chapter 5. Semantic prerequisites -- Part II. The use of shell nouns -- Chapter 6. Describing shell-noun uses -- Chapter 7. Factual uses -- Chapter 8. Linguistic uses -- Chapter 9. Mental uses -- Chapter 10. Modal uses -- Chapter 11. Eventive uses -- Chapter 12. Circumstantial uses -- Chapter 13. Summary of Part II -- Part III. Functions of shell nouns -- Chapter 14. Introduction to Part III -- Chapter 16. Pragmatic, rhetorical and textual functions -- Chapter 17. Cognitive functions -- Chapter 18. Conclusion and outlook -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index of shell nouns -- Index of subjects -- 459-460

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