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almahu_9949179571202882
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1 online resource (395 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Studies in Language Companion, Volume 189
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Intro -- Exploring Intensification -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- New insights on intensification and intensifiers -- References -- Part I. The category of intensification -- Chapter 1. The comparative basis of intensification -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Demonstratives and (interrogative) exclamatives as exophoric expressions of comparison -- 3. Comparison and comparatives: Standard not given in external situation -- Parameter D: Number of dimensions: (n ≤ 1) -- 4. Comparison as basis for intensification and intensifiers -- 5. Subjectivity -- 6. Measurement as comparison -- 7. Summary and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author queries -- Chapter 2. Intensification and focusing: The case of pure(ly) and mere(ly) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Intensification and focusing: A preliminary demarcation -- 3. Pure(ly) and mere(ly): A case study of intensification and focusing -- 3.1 Descriptive modification -- 3.2 Intensification -- 3.3 Focusing -- 4. Intensification vs. focusing -- 4.1 Scalarity -- 4.2 Subjectivity and intersubjectivity -- 4.3 Diachrony of intensification and focusing -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Corpora -- Appendix -- Author queries -- Chapter 3. Intensification processes in Italian: A survey -- 1. Intensification as evaluative morphology -- 2. The data -- 2.1 A short state of the art -- 2.2 Italian intensive constructions -- 3. An intensification cline? -- 3.1 Multiple intensification -- 3.2 Synonymous intensifiers -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix -- Author queries -- Chapter 4. Noun classification in Kiswahili: Linguistic strategies to intensify or to reduce -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Noun class system in Kiswahili -- 3. Noun classes in Kiswahili: Are they semantic or arbitrary? -- 3.1 The point of view of the scholars.
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3.2 The weight of diachrony -- 4. Evaluation from inflection towards derivation -- 4.1 Inflection or derivation? -- 5. The morpheme (-)ji- from class prefix to evaluation marker -- 5.1 ji- as cl. 5 prefix -- 5.2 ji- as evaluation affix -- 6. Diminutives -- 6.1 ki-ji- -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Author queries -- Part II. Strategies of intensification in ancient languages: Hittite, Greek and Latin -- Chapter 5. Intensification and intensifying modification in Hittite -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Hittite language -- 3. Morphological strategies of intensification -- 3.1 Reduplication -- 3.2 Deverbative suffixes -- 3.3 The element hanti- -- 4. Lexical strategies of intensification -- 4.1 Degree of adjectives -- 4.2 The particle ‑pat -- 4.3 Repetition and other phenomena of intensification -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6. Diminutives in Ancient Greek: Intensification and subjectivity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Diminutives, intensification, and subjectivity -- 3. The data: Aristophanes and the "female" comedies -- 4. Analysis: Diminutives in Ancient Greek comedy -- 4.1 Taboo words -- 4.2 Forms of address -- 4.3 Kinship terms -- 4.4 Objects -- 5. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Author queries -- Chapter 7. Nulla sum, nulla sum: Tota, tota occidi: Repetition as a (rare) strategy of intensification in Latin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Forms and functions of repetition in Latin -- 3. A case study: Repetition as intensifying strategy in Plautus -- 3.1 Repetition of verbs -- 3.2 Nouns -- 3.3 Repetition of adverbs -- 3.4 Pragmatic markers -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author queries -- Part III. Strategies of intensification in modern languages: Italian, German, English -- Chapter 8. Intensifiers between grammar and pragmatics: A lesson from a language contact situation.
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1. Introduction: Intensifiers between grammar and pragmatics -- 2. Intensifiers in language contact situations -- 3. Methodology and data -- 4. Intensifiers in spoken Ladin -- 4.1 Fassa valley -- 4.2 Badia and Gardena valleys -- 5. Contrasting levels -- 6. Discussion and final remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author queries -- Chapter 9. Stress and tones as intensifying operators in German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Intensifying from the prosodic point of view -- 3. Accents and information structure -- 3.1 Pitch movements and informativity -- 4. Accents, tones and conversation structure -- 4.1 Downstep -- 4.2 Tonal prefixation -- 4.3 Final boundary tones -- 5. Contour choice and speakers' attitudes -- 5.1 Late peaks -- 5.2 Early peaks -- 5.3 0%-plateau contours -- 6. Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 10. English exclamative clauses and interrogative degree modification -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Adjectival degree modification -- 3. Degree modification with interrogative words -- 4. Exclamative clauses in English -- 4.1 Clause types and illocutionary force -- 4.2 The syntax and semantics of exclamations -- 5. The usage of English exclamative clauses -- 5.1 What-exclamatives -- 5.2 How-exclamatives -- 5.3 Exclamatives in ICE-GB -- 6. Summary and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author queries -- Part IV. Contrastive analysis of intensification in Italian and German -- Chapter 11. A pragmatic view on intensification: Expansions in German and Italian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Expansions -- 3. Intensification: An overview -- 3.1 Defining intensification -- 3.2 Intensification between semantics and pragmatics -- 3.3 Résumé -- 4. Expansions with an intensifying function -- 4.1 Adjectives with an intensifying semantics -- 4.2 Adverbs of validity -- 4.3 Coordinating structures -- 4.4 Dialogue particles -- 5. Conclusions.
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References -- Author queries -- Transcription conventions -- Chapter 12. Intensifying structures of adjectives across German and Italian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data extraction and methodology -- 3. Intensifying devices in language -- 4. Adjective intensification by means of word formation in German and Italian -- 4.1 Intensifying adjectives through composition -- 4.2 Intensifying adjectives through prefixation -- 5. Aspects of intensification by means of word formation in adjectives: Their pragmatics in German and Italian -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Internet sources -- Appendix -- Author queries -- Chapter 13. The coordination of identical conjuncts as a means of strengthening expressions in German and Italian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some examples -- 3. x ˄ x-expressions: Forms and functions -- 4. x ˄ x-units as a means of intensification -- 4.1 Intensification through reduplication -- 4.2 The role of the conjunction in intensification -- 4.3 Free groups or idioms? -- 5. Contrastive observations -- 5.1 Type of conjunct -- 5.2 Types of intensification relations -- 6. Conclusions and perspectives -- References -- Author queries -- Chapter 14. What does reduplication intensify?: The semantics and pragmatics of reduplicated forms in Italian and their equivalents in German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The semantics and pragmatics of reduplicative forms in Italian and their equivalents in German -- 3. Qualitative intensification (of adjectives and adverbs) -- 4. Duration and gradation -- 5. Appeal to the hearer (conative function) -- 6. Accreditation of the speaker, disambiguation and contrastive focus -- 7. Reduplication as mechanism of embodied communication: Gestuality and suprasegmentality -- 8. Final remarks -- References -- Author queries.
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Chapter 15. Intensification strategies in German and Italian written language: The case of prefissi intensivi or Fremdpräfixe. A corpus-based study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Intensification: General remarks -- 2.1 Prefixation in Italian -- 2.2 Prefixation in German -- 3. The perception of foreign prefixes by Italian and German speakers: A survey -- 4. The use of foreign prefixes in written language: A corpus-based analysis -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author queries -- Chapter 16. Ways to intensify: Types of intensified meanings in Italian and German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gradability and intensification -- 3. The intensifying function of Italian evaluative prefixes -- 3.1 Intensification of adjectives -- 3.2 Intensification of nouns -- 3.3 Intensification of verbs -- 4. The intensifying function of German evaluative prefixes -- 4.1 Intensification of adjectives -- 4.2 Intensification of nouns -- 4.3 Intensification of verbs -- 5. Analysis of the data and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author queries -- Chapter 17. Augmentatives in Italian and German: From contrastive analysis to translation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Augmentation - A contrastive perspective -- 3. Methods and data -- 4. Contrastive linguistic approach -- 4.1 Augmentation in Italian -- 4.2 Augmentation in German -- 4.3 Résumé -- 5. Potential translations and current equivalents -- 5.1 Potential translations in bilingual lexicography -- 5.2 Current equivalents Italian-German -- 6. Concluding remarks -- References -- Author queries -- Chapter 18. Intentional vagueness: A corpus-based analysis of Italian and German -- 1. Systemic vagueness and speaker's vagueness -- 2. Speaker's vagueness and linguistic choices in Italian and German -- 3. Data analysis -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Author queries -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-5954-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-6512-7
Language:
English
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