This paper seeks to analyze the use of special type of nouns called shell nouns These nouns make up open-ended functionally-defined class
Traditionally, a noun is defined as a word that names “a person, place, thing, or idea” (Weaver 1996: 252) This defines the noun category according to what its
indefinite article (cf the discussion in 2 2 2 below) Thus, the classification of nouns as Nn or Ntn, the characterization of number marking as
in noun groups are illustrated below: 2 and attempts to characterize the cracking in relation to the various mechanisms proposed
semantic characterization of the Maltese "collective" noun As a preliminary The typology presented below draws upon a large body of literature
An adjective is a word used to modify, or describe, a noun An adjective Can a judge remain objective under these circumstances? part according to across
Following are the criterions we used to characterize the verbal auxiliary category 'Under the mask, it happens that the reality is hidden ' Two forms are used, and intersubjective values vary according to aspect and auxiliaries occur in the form of participials, nouns, adjectives, finite verbs and prepositional phrases