Shell Nouns In English A Personal Roundup

Schmid, Hans-Jörg (2018): Shell Nouns In English A Personal Roundup. In: Caplletra, No. 64: pp. 109-128

Abstract

This paper provides a somewhat personal retrospect on work on the notion and phenomenon of shell noun. After a brief introduction I will discuss some terminological and methodological issues. Following some remarks on the classification of shell noun uses I will then report on recent work into the origin and diachronic development of shell nouns and shell-noun constructions, and discuss a number of other advances in the study of shell nouns since their introduction in the 1990s.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Languages and Literatures > Department 3
• Subjects: 400 Language > 400 Language
• ISSN: 0214-8188
• Language: English