Chapter
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Prelim pages
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- New insights on intensification and intensifiers 1
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Part I. The category of intensification
- Chapter 1. The comparative basis of intensification 15
- Chapter 2. Intensification and focusing 33
- Chapter 3. Intensification processes in Italian 55
- Chapter 4. Noun classification in Kiswahili 79
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Part II. Strategies of intensification in ancient languages: Hittite, Greek and Latin
- Chapter 5. Intensification and intensifying modification in Hittite 101
- Chapter 6. Diminutives in Ancient Greek 127
- Chapter 7. Nulla sum, nulla sum: Tota, tota occidi 147
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Part III. Strategies of intensification in modern languages: Italian, German, English
- Chapter 8. Intensifiers between grammar and pragmatics 173
- Chapter 9. Stress and tones as intensifying operators in German 193
- Chapter 10. English exclamative clauses and interrogative degree modification 207
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Part IV. Contrastive analysis of intensification in Italian and German
- Chapter 11. A pragmatic view on intensification 231
- Chapter 12. Intensifying structures of adjectives across German and Italian 251
- Chapter 13. The coordination of identical conjuncts as a means of strengthening expressions in German and Italian 265
- Chapter 14. What does reduplication intensify? 289
- Chapter 15. Intensification strategies in German and Italian written language 305
- Chapter 16. Ways to intensify 327
- Chapter 17. Augmentatives in Italian and German 353
- Chapter 18. Intentional vagueness 371
- Index 391
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- New insights on intensification and intensifiers 1
-
Part I. The category of intensification
- Chapter 1. The comparative basis of intensification 15
- Chapter 2. Intensification and focusing 33
- Chapter 3. Intensification processes in Italian 55
- Chapter 4. Noun classification in Kiswahili 79
-
Part II. Strategies of intensification in ancient languages: Hittite, Greek and Latin
- Chapter 5. Intensification and intensifying modification in Hittite 101
- Chapter 6. Diminutives in Ancient Greek 127
- Chapter 7. Nulla sum, nulla sum: Tota, tota occidi 147
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Part III. Strategies of intensification in modern languages: Italian, German, English
- Chapter 8. Intensifiers between grammar and pragmatics 173
- Chapter 9. Stress and tones as intensifying operators in German 193
- Chapter 10. English exclamative clauses and interrogative degree modification 207
-
Part IV. Contrastive analysis of intensification in Italian and German
- Chapter 11. A pragmatic view on intensification 231
- Chapter 12. Intensifying structures of adjectives across German and Italian 251
- Chapter 13. The coordination of identical conjuncts as a means of strengthening expressions in German and Italian 265
- Chapter 14. What does reduplication intensify? 289
- Chapter 15. Intensification strategies in German and Italian written language 305
- Chapter 16. Ways to intensify 327
- Chapter 17. Augmentatives in Italian and German 353
- Chapter 18. Intentional vagueness 371
- Index 391