Cognitive motivation in English complex intensifying adjectives
This paper addresses the cognitive determinants of intensification in English complex intensifying adjectives, also taking an eye to prefixation and adjective reduplication. Based on qualitative data analysis, we shall see that configurational structures such as degree, scale and boundedness play a...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/1079 |
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