Essays about: "Arwa Alshaar"

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  1. 1. A corpus-based study of Amplifiers in American English A study of the differences between amplifiers most frequently used in the different registers in the Corpus of Contemporary American English

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Arwa Alshaar; [2017-10-19]
    Keywords : Corpus linguistics; adverbs; amplifiers; boosters;

    Abstract : Abstract: This study aims at exploring the most frequently used amplifiers in American English by using the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The focus is to investigate amplifiers with regard to two contextual factors known to affect the use of amplifiers: amplifier type (both maximizers and boosters) and amplifiers used to intensify adjectives as it has been shown by several studies that most amplifiers are used with adjectival heads. READ MORE