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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464156203321

Autore

Bolinger Dwight <1907-1992.>

Titolo

Degree words / / by Dwight Bolinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague : , : Mouton, , 1972

ISBN

3-11-087778-3

Edizione

[Reprint 2013]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Janua linguarum. Series maior ; ; v. 53

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Comparison

English language - Noun

English language - Verb

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- WORKS REFERRED TO BY AUTHORS' NAMES ALONE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. INTENSIFIERA 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. INTENSIFIERA 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