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Uncountable uses of countable nouns: a study of creative reclassifications
2014. urn:nbn:hr:142:033814
Zovko, Ivana
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Zovko, I. (2014). Uncountable uses of countable nouns: a study of creative reclassifications (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:033814

Zovko, Ivana. "Uncountable uses of countable nouns: a study of creative reclassifications." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:033814

Zovko, Ivana. "Uncountable uses of countable nouns: a study of creative reclassifications." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:033814

Zovko, I. (2014). 'Uncountable uses of countable nouns: a study of creative reclassifications', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 16 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:033814

Zovko I. Uncountable uses of countable nouns: a study of creative reclassifications [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2014 [cited 2024 November 16] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:033814

I. Zovko, "Uncountable uses of countable nouns: a study of creative reclassifications", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2014. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:033814

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TitleUncountable uses of countable nouns: a study of creative reclassifications
Title (croatian)Upotreba brojivih imenica kao nebrojivih: o kreativnim reklasifikacijama imenica
AuthorIvana Zovko
MentorGabrijela Buljan (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2014-09-15, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The subject of this paper was reclassification of countable nouns into uncountable. For the theoretical overview of this phenomenon, a number of chosen grammar books was consulted (see references) and the point of view of cognitive linguistics was chosen as main point of view on the subject. Namely, we explained the phenomenon in the terms of conceptual metonymy. After careful examination of examples found in already mentioned grammar books, a small study was conducted to see whether there are examples of reclassification of countable nouns to the category of uncountable in authentic use. The main source for our data was the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). After the examples of reclassification of countable nouns to uncountable were found, our next step was the analysis of the found examples in the terms of cognitive linguistics. The results of the study confirmed our initial hypothesis: that this kind of creative reclassification does happen in the English language and that it typically affects certain semantic domains such as food, nature, etc.
Abstract (croatian)
Tema ovog završnog rada je bila reklasifikacija brojivih imenica u nebrojive. Izabrane su određene gramatike (vidi Popis literature) koje su poslužile kao teorijska podloga ovoj temi. Za glavni teorijski okvir odabrana je kognitivna lingvistika. Reklasifikacija brojivih imenica u nebrojive objašnjena je u okvirima konceptualne metonimije. Nakon što su obrađeni primjeri reklasifikacije u već spomenutim gramatikama, napravljeno je kraće istraživanje reklasifikacije brojivih imenica u nebrojive služeći se korpusom suvremenog američkog engleskog Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Glavni razlog za ovo je bila potreba da se provjeri koristi li se ova vrsta reklasifikacije u govornom i pisanom jeziku. Nakon što smo pronašli takve primjere, analizirali smo ih u okvirima kognitivne lingvistike. Rezultati ovog istraživanja potvrdili su našu prvotnu hipotezu: da se u engleskom jeziku doista događa reklasifikacija brojivih imenica u nebrojive i da se takve imenice najčešće pojavljuju u određenim semantičkim domenama, kao što su hrana, priroda, itd.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:033814
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Pedagogy (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) pedagogije (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) pedagogije)
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