| Description |
1 online resource (427 pages) |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Topics in English linguistics ; 34
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-441) and indexes. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2013). |
| Subject |
English language -- Noun phrase.
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English language -- Noun.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9783110167672 |
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9783110808704 (electronic bk.) |
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