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Degree Words.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Janua Linguarum. Series Maior SeriesPublisher: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., 1972Copyright date: ©1972Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (324 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110877786
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Degree WordsLOC classification:
  • PE1199.B65 1972eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Introduction -- 1. Intensifies with Adjectives -- 2. Some Restrictions on Intensifiers Primarily with Adjectives -- 3. The Intensification of Nouns -- 4. The Making of Intensifiers by Grammatical Shifts -- 5. Litotes and Negation -- 6. Intensifiers with the Preposition Of -- 7. Prosodic Interference and the Indefinite Article -- 8. Degree Nouns with Relatively Ungrammaticized Intensifiers -- 9. Intensifiers with Verbs -- 10. Degree Verbs and Adjectives with So and How -- 11. Much with Verbs -- 12. Degree Verbs with Other Grammaticized Intensifiers -- 13. Degree Verbs with Relatively Ungrammaticized Intensifiers -- 14. Formalized Redundancy and Semantic Analysis -- 15. Intensification by Stretching -- 16. The Intensification of Nouns that Premodify -- 17. Why Degree Nouns Behave Like Pronouns -- Appendix -- Postscript -- Main Index -- Word Index.
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Intro -- Introduction -- 1. Intensifies with Adjectives -- 2. Some Restrictions on Intensifiers Primarily with Adjectives -- 3. The Intensification of Nouns -- 4. The Making of Intensifiers by Grammatical Shifts -- 5. Litotes and Negation -- 6. Intensifiers with the Preposition Of -- 7. Prosodic Interference and the Indefinite Article -- 8. Degree Nouns with Relatively Ungrammaticized Intensifiers -- 9. Intensifiers with Verbs -- 10. Degree Verbs and Adjectives with So and How -- 11. Much with Verbs -- 12. Degree Verbs with Other Grammaticized Intensifiers -- 13. Degree Verbs with Relatively Ungrammaticized Intensifiers -- 14. Formalized Redundancy and Semantic Analysis -- 15. Intensification by Stretching -- 16. The Intensification of Nouns that Premodify -- 17. Why Degree Nouns Behave Like Pronouns -- Appendix -- Postscript -- Main Index -- Word Index.

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