03624nam 2200661 450 991079071850332120230422051111.03-11-174943-63-11-080870-610.1515/9783110808704(CKB)2550000001178542(OCoLC)868974241(CaPaEBR)ebrary10789725(SSID)ssj0000849269(PQKBManifestationID)11457482(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000849269(PQKBWorkID)10812825(PQKB)10475663(MiAaPQ)EBC3044692(DE-B1597)43250(OCoLC)979848164(DE-B1597)9783110808704(Au-PeEL)EBL3044692(CaPaEBR)ebr10789725(CaONFJC)MIL558730(OCoLC)922948099(EXLCZ)99255000000117854220000727d2000 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrEnglish abstract nouns as conceptual shells from corpus to cognition /Hans-Jörg SchmidReprint 2012Berlin ;New York :Mouton de Gruyter,2000.1 online resource (472 p.) Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ;34Topics in English linguistics ;34Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-016767-0 1-306-27479-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-441) and indexes.Foundations: Theory, terminology and methodology --Approaching shell nouns --The term shell noun --Defining shell nouns and shell-content complexes in functional terms --A brief note on the theoretical stance --The links between shell nouns and contents --Triggering co-interpretation --Lexico-grammatical patterns of shell-noun uses --From identity of reference to experiential identity --The semantic contributions of different types of complements: a survey of the evidence from verbal complementation --Basic functions of shell-noun typical patterns --The systematic investigation of shell nouns --The From-Corpus-to-Cognition Principle --Data retrieval --Cleaning up the data --Systematic misses of the corpus inquiry --A survey of the results of the corpus inquiry --Semantic prerequisites --Abstractness --Extensional abstractness and classes of abstract entities --Stylistic abstractness and grammatical metaphor --Unspecificity and structure-inherent semantic gaps --The use of shell nouns --Describing shell-noun uses --Degrees of typicality --Explaining the meanings of shell-noun uses: features and frames --Factual uses --Neutral uses --Causal uses --Evidential uses --Comparative uses --Partitive uses --Attitudinal factual uses --Linguistic uses --Propositional uses --Illocutionary uses --Assertive uses --Rogative uses --Directive uses --Commissive uses --Expressive uses --Mental uses --Conceptual uses --Psychological-state uses --Creditive uses --Dubitative uses --Volitional uses.English languageNoun phraseEnglish languageNounEnglish languageNoun phrase.English languageNoun.425HF 300rvkSchmid Hans-Jörg592026MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790718503321English abstract nouns as conceptual shells1002958UNINA