Adjectival intensification in West Germanic: A corpus-based comparison of Afrikaans, Dutch, English and German

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RIV/00216208:11320/23:64E536QR

Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sl.23016.van" target="_blank" >10.1075/sl.23016.van</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Adjectival intensification in West Germanic: A corpus-based comparison of Afrikaans, Dutch, English and German

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Abstract This article investigates the forms and functions of adjectival intensification in West Germanic. With corpus data from different discourse types, we challenge claims that German tends to use synthetic means and Dutch is between German and English but more like English in its preference for analytic ones. Our results show that all three languages, and Afrikaans too, favor analytic intensifiers but also that only English employs synthetic ones to a lesser extent. The other languages are found to use synthetic forms more especially in literature. The study also offers corpus-based support for an earlier hypothesis that both English and German prefer amplifying to downtoning adjectives. We show that this tendency exists more pronouncedly in Afrikaans and Dutch too and that English speech stands out with more functionally ambiguous intensifiers. The article also explores possible explanations for its findings in (dis)similarities in word formation, discourse types’ linguistic potential and politeness

Název v anglickém jazyce

Adjectival intensification in West Germanic: A corpus-based comparison of Afrikaans, Dutch, English and German

Popis výsledku anglicky

Abstract This article investigates the forms and functions of adjectival intensification in West Germanic. With corpus data from different discourse types, we challenge claims that German tends to use synthetic means and Dutch is between German and English but more like English in its preference for analytic ones. Our results show that all three languages, and Afrikaans too, favor analytic intensifiers but also that only English employs synthetic ones to a lesser extent. The other languages are found to use synthetic forms more especially in literature. The study also offers corpus-based support for an earlier hypothesis that both English and German prefer amplifying to downtoning adjectives. We show that this tendency exists more pronouncedly in Afrikaans and Dutch too and that English speech stands out with more functionally ambiguous intensifiers. The article also explores possible explanations for its findings in (dis)similarities in word formation, discourse types’ linguistic potential and politeness

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

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Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language”

ISSN

0378-4177

e-ISSN

1569-9978

Svazek periodika

48

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

36

Strana od-do

436-471

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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