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