Philosophical and Linguistic Interpretation of Abstract Nouns.

Novitskaya Irina Vladimirovna

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The article presents an insight into the linguistic notion of “abstract noun” based on the philosophical interpretation of abstraction processes. It reveals how the linguistic category of figurativeness is related to the abstract noun and specifies the place of abstract nouns in the lexical hierarchy. Also the hypothesis of heterogeneity in the class of abstract nouns is examined and peculiar features of two groups of abstract nouns are given.

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Issue: 4, 2006

Series of issue: Humanities (Philology: Indo-European and Siberian languages)

Rubric: Indo-European Languages

Pages: 7 — 12

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