English Abstract Nouns As Conceptual Shells : From Corpus to Cognition.

Intro -- Part I Foundations: Theory, terminology and methodology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approaching shell nouns -- 2.1 The term shell noun -- 2.2 Defining shell nouns and shell-content complexes in functional terms -- 2.3 A brief note on the theoretical stance -- 3. The links between shell nouns and contents -- 3.1 Triggering co-interpretation -- 3.2 The semantic contributions of different types of complements: a survey of the evidence from verbal complementation -- 3.3 Basic functions of shell-noun typical patterns -- 4. The systematic investigation of shell nouns -- 4.1 The From-Corpus-to-Cognition Principle -- 4.2 Data retrieval -- 4.3 Cleaning up the data -- 4.4 Systematic misses of the corpus inquiry -- 4.5 A survey of the results of the corpus inquiry -- 5. Semantic prerequisites -- 5.1 Abstractness -- 5.2 Unspecificity and structure-inherent semantic gaps -- 5.3 Summary of Part I -- Part II The use of shell nouns -- 6. Describing shell-noun uses -- 6.1 Degrees of typicality -- 6.2 Explaining the meanings of shell-noun uses: features and frames -- 7. Factual uses -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Neutral uses -- 7.3 Causal uses -- 7.4 Evidential uses -- 7.5 Comparative uses -- 7.6 Partitive uses -- 7.7 Attitudinal factual uses -- 8. Linguistic uses -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Propositional uses -- 8.3 Illocutionary uses -- 9. Mental uses -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Conceptual uses -- 9.3 Psychological-state uses -- 10. Modal uses -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Epistemic uses -- 10.3 Deonticuses -- 10.4 Dynamic uses -- 11. Eventive uses -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 General eventive uses -- 11.3 Specific eventive uses -- 11.4 Attitudinal eventive uses -- 12. Circumstantial uses -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 General circumstantial uses -- 12.3 Specific circumstantial uses -- 13. Summary of Part II -- Part III Functions of shell nouns.

14. Introduction to Part III -- 15. Semantic functions -- 15.1 The characterizing potential inherent in shell nouns -- 15.2 Characterization expressed by premodifiers -- 16. Pragmatic, rhetorical and textual functions -- 16.1 Focusing and topicalizing -- 16.2 Linking -- 16.3 Signposting -- 17. Cognitive functions -- 17.1 Conceptual partitioning -- 17.2 Reifying and hypostatizing -- 17.3 Integrating -- 18. Conclusion and outlook -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index of shell nouns -- Index of subjects.

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