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1 online resource (427 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Topics in English linguistics ; 34
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Topics in English linguistics ; 34.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-441) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Foundations: Theory, terminology and methodology -- Approaching shell nouns -- Term shell noun -- Defining shell nouns and shell-content complexes in functional terms -- A brief note on the theoretical stance -- Links between shell nouns and contents -- Triggering co-interpretation -- Lexico-grammatical patterns of shell-noun uses -- From identity of reference to experiential identity -- Semantic contributions of different types of complements: a survey of the evidence from verbal complementation -- Basic functions of shell-noun typical patterns -- Systematic investigation of shell nouns -- 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 -- 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English language -- Noun phrase.
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English language -- Noun phrase. |
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English language -- Noun.
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English language -- Noun. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Schmid, Hans-Jörg. English abstract nouns as conceptual shells 3110167670 (DLC) 00061632 (OCoLC)44712958 |
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9783110808704 (e-book) |
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3110808706 (e-book) |
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9783110167672 |
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3110167670 |
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