National audienceIntensification is often illustrated by the combination of an intensified element - adjective or lexical verb - and an adverbial intensifier. The purpose of this article is to address occurrences where the intensifier is not an adverb and to and highlight how the intensification of an adjective can be done by other modifiers that may then be nouns, adjectives, interjections or prefixes. It appears in this case that the sequence delexicalization-grammaticalization of the intensifier contributes to these new forms over time. Added to this is the phenomenon of collocation which can associate - according to usage restrictions - an adjective modified by another adjective whose conceptual meaning of completeness amplifies the not...
Actes du Colloque international sur le lexique et la grammaire. L'Aquila, 10-13/11/2008International...
International audienceThis article deals with the adjective-to-noun conversion in French, namely the...
International audienceThe renewal of intensifiers and variations in language registers: a case-study...
National audienceIntensification is often illustrated by the combination of an intensified element -...
L’expression de l’« intensification » en anglais a peu été abordée par la communauté linguistique. L...
The article provides an analysis of various aspects of intensification in the English language (coll...
The Intensifying Adjectives<br />After considering the status of intensifying adjectives among quali...
Cet article étudie le renouvellement des intensifieurs en anglais. Ces derniers gagnent en popularit...
International audienceIntensifiers in English appear to be at the junction of grammar and lexis than...
In this article we present some syntactic characteristics, and then some productive semantic mechani...
Of all the possible vehicles for intensification, adverbial intensifiers in predicate-intensifier co...
International audienceL'expression de l'intensité, dans le domaine nominal, est généralement considé...
International audienceExisting typologies of degree and intensification processes all seem to overlo...
Pour cerner les relations entre quasi-synonymes dans une approche fondée sur l’usage, j’exploite des...
Adjectives functioning as attributes within nominal groups can be expanded into adjective groups. In...
Actes du Colloque international sur le lexique et la grammaire. L'Aquila, 10-13/11/2008International...
International audienceThis article deals with the adjective-to-noun conversion in French, namely the...
International audienceThe renewal of intensifiers and variations in language registers: a case-study...
National audienceIntensification is often illustrated by the combination of an intensified element -...
L’expression de l’« intensification » en anglais a peu été abordée par la communauté linguistique. L...
The article provides an analysis of various aspects of intensification in the English language (coll...
The Intensifying Adjectives<br />After considering the status of intensifying adjectives among quali...
Cet article étudie le renouvellement des intensifieurs en anglais. Ces derniers gagnent en popularit...
International audienceIntensifiers in English appear to be at the junction of grammar and lexis than...
In this article we present some syntactic characteristics, and then some productive semantic mechani...
Of all the possible vehicles for intensification, adverbial intensifiers in predicate-intensifier co...
International audienceL'expression de l'intensité, dans le domaine nominal, est généralement considé...
International audienceExisting typologies of degree and intensification processes all seem to overlo...
Pour cerner les relations entre quasi-synonymes dans une approche fondée sur l’usage, j’exploite des...
Adjectives functioning as attributes within nominal groups can be expanded into adjective groups. In...
Actes du Colloque international sur le lexique et la grammaire. L'Aquila, 10-13/11/2008International...
International audienceThis article deals with the adjective-to-noun conversion in French, namely the...
International audienceThe renewal of intensifiers and variations in language registers: a case-study...