TY - BOOK AU - Schmid,Hans-Jörg TI - English Abstract Nouns as Conceptual Shells: From Corpus to Cognition T2 - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , SN - 9783110167672 AV - PE1205 .S35 2000eb U1 - 425 21 PY - 2012///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter Mouton, KW - English language KW - Noun phrase KW - Noun KW - Abstraktum KW - Englisch KW - Kognitive Linguistik KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110808704 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110808704 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110808704/original ER -