English abstract nouns as conceptual shells : from corpus to cognition

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English abstract nouns as conceptual shells : from corpus to cognition

Hans-Jörg Schmid

(Topics in English linguistics / editor, Herman Wekker, 34)

Mouton de Gruyter, 2000

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Bibliography: p. [421]-441

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Based on a systematic analysis of a very large corpus, this book introduces a conceptual and terminological framework for the linguistic description of abstract nouns. The uses and meanings of 670 abstract English nouns are described and their semantic, pragmatic, rhetorical, textual and cognitive functions are discussed, always with reference to authentic corpus data. This way a link between the corpus method and functional and cognitive theories of language is established. The book includes an appendix giving statistical information on the lexico-grammatical usage of the 670 nouns.

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  • NCID
    BA48205640
  • ISBN
    • 9783110167672
  • LCCN
    00061632
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 457 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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