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1. INTENSIFIERA WITH ADJECTIVES

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
  3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 9
  4. WORKS REFERRED TO BY AUTHORS’ NAMES ALONE 13
  5. INTRODUCTION 15
  6. 1. INTENSIFIERA WITH ADJECTIVES 21
  7. 2. SOME RESTRICTIONS ON INTENSIFIERS PRIMARILY WITH ADJECTIVES 26
  8. 3. THE INTENSIFICATION OF NOUNS 58
  9. 4. THE MAKING OF INTENSIFIERS BY GRAMMATICAL SHIFTS 91
  10. 5. LITOTES AND NEGATION 115
  11. 6. INTENSIFIERS WITH THE PREPOSITION OF 126
  12. 7. PROSODIC INTERFERENCE AND THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE 137
  13. 8. DEGREE NOUNS WITH RELATIVELY UNGRAMMATICIZED INTENSIFIERS 146
  14. 9. INTENSIFIERA WITH VERBS 160
  15. 10. DEGREE VERBS AND ADJECTIVES WITH SO AND HOW 176
  16. 11. MUCH WITH VERBS 192
  17. 12. DEGREE VERBS WITH OTHER GRAMMATICIZED INTENSIFIERS 220
  18. 13. DEGREE VERBS WITH RELATIVELY UNGRAMMATICIZED INTENSIFIERS 242
  19. 14. FORMALIZED REDUNDANCY AND SEMANTIC ANALYSIS 267
  20. 15. INTENSIFICATION BY STRETCHING 281
  21. 16. THE INTENSIFICATION OF NOUNS THAT PREMODIFY 293
  22. 17. WHY DEGREE NOUNS BEHAVE LIKE PRONOUNS 301
  23. APPENDIX 306
  24. POSTSCRIPT 309
  25. MAIN INDEX 311
  26. WORD INDEX 317
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110877786.21

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
  3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 9
  4. WORKS REFERRED TO BY AUTHORS’ NAMES ALONE 13
  5. INTRODUCTION 15
  6. 1. INTENSIFIERA WITH ADJECTIVES 21
  7. 2. SOME RESTRICTIONS ON INTENSIFIERS PRIMARILY WITH ADJECTIVES 26
  8. 3. THE INTENSIFICATION OF NOUNS 58
  9. 4. THE MAKING OF INTENSIFIERS BY GRAMMATICAL SHIFTS 91
  10. 5. LITOTES AND NEGATION 115
  11. 6. INTENSIFIERS WITH THE PREPOSITION OF 126
  12. 7. PROSODIC INTERFERENCE AND THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE 137
  13. 8. DEGREE NOUNS WITH RELATIVELY UNGRAMMATICIZED INTENSIFIERS 146
  14. 9. INTENSIFIERA WITH VERBS 160
  15. 10. DEGREE VERBS AND ADJECTIVES WITH SO AND HOW 176
  16. 11. MUCH WITH VERBS 192
  17. 12. DEGREE VERBS WITH OTHER GRAMMATICIZED INTENSIFIERS 220
  18. 13. DEGREE VERBS WITH RELATIVELY UNGRAMMATICIZED INTENSIFIERS 242
  19. 14. FORMALIZED REDUNDANCY AND SEMANTIC ANALYSIS 267
  20. 15. INTENSIFICATION BY STRETCHING 281
  21. 16. THE INTENSIFICATION OF NOUNS THAT PREMODIFY 293
  22. 17. WHY DEGREE NOUNS BEHAVE LIKE PRONOUNS 301
  23. APPENDIX 306
  24. POSTSCRIPT 309
  25. MAIN INDEX 311
  26. WORD INDEX 317
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