��������ǰ��Chapter 1 Introduction1.1 Preliminaries1.2 The Rationale of Attitudinal Studies on Packing Nouns1.3 The Objectives of the Present Study1.4 The Organization of This StudyChapter 2 Packing Nouns Diffused in Studies of Abstract Nouns...2.1 Introduction2.2 Traditional-grammatical Studies of Abstract Nouns2.2.1 The Monistic Approach to Abstract Nouns2.2.2 The Dualist Approach to Abstract Nouns2.2.3 The Trichotomist Approach to Abstract Nouns2.3 Philosophical Studies of Abstract Nouns2.3.1 The Controversy of the Existence of Abstract Entities2.3.2 The \"Container\" Image of Abstract Nouns2.4 Systemic Functional Study of Abstract Nouns2.4.1 Structurally-basedStudies of Abstract Nouns2.4.2 Lexically-based Studies of Abstract Nouns2.5 Corpus Linguistic Studies of Abstract Nouns2.5.2 Studies Mentioning the Evaluative Function of Packing Nouns in Passing2.6 Other Studies2.7 SummaryChapter 3 Packing Nouns and Attitudinal Resources in Discourse3.1 Introduction3.2 Packing Nouns Revisited3.2.1 The Cognitive Characteristics of Packing Nouns3.2.2 The Semantic Characteristics of Packing Nouns3.3 The Lexico-grammatical Patterns of Packing Nouns3.3.1 Semantic Co-referentiality and Cognitive Identity3.3.2 The Lexico-grammatical Patterns of Packing Nouns3.4 The Interpersonal Information of Packing Nouns3.4.1 Packing Nouns and Information Loss in Nominalization3.4.2 The Attitudinal Information of Packing Nouns3.4.3 Attitudinal and Non-attitudinal Packing Nouns3.5 Strategies of Attitude Realization in Discourse3.5.1 Attitude Inscription in Discourse3.5.2 Attitude Invocation in Discourse3.5.3 The Interaction of Inscription and Invocation3.6 Attitudinal Packing Nouns and Attitude Inscription3.7 Non-attitudinal Packing Nouns and Attitude Invocation in Discourse3.8 Packing Nouns Redefined in the Framework of Attitude Realization in Discourse����Chapter 4 Research DesignChapter 5 Attitudinal Packing Nouns as Resources for Attitude InscriptionChapter 6 Non-attitudinal Packing Nouns as Resources for Attitude InvocationChapter 7 Conclusion and Points for Further ResearchReferencesAppendices