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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Schmid, Hans-Jörg,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 34
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (457 p.) :; Zahlr. Abb. u. Tabellen
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110808704; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110305616
• ISSN: 1434-3452
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110808704
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hans-Jörg Schmid.