THE GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATICALIZATION OF INTENSIFYING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH: A CLOSER LOOK AT ‘REALLY’
Intensifiers in English appear to be at the junction of grammar and lexis thanks to an unachieved process of grammaticalization. They are sometimes also subjected to pragmaticalization processes. This paper discusses the case of the intensifying adverb ‘really’. After laying down the theoretical fra...
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| description | Intensifiers in English appear to be at the junction of grammar and lexis thanks to an unachieved process of grammaticalization. They are sometimes also subjected to pragmaticalization processes. This paper discusses the case of the intensifying adverb ‘really’. After laying down the theoretical framework used to analyze the various uses of this intensifying adverb, this paper presents the various uses of really through a corpus-based study. The focus is then put on the criteria that make ‘really’ a grammaticalized adverb before investigating to what extent it can be considered as an instance of pragmaticalization. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-792b122ddbca474db47fcf6a4f0787a82025-08-20T01:58:33ZdeuUniversity of PitestiStudii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate1583-22362344-45252024-12-012371810.5281/zenodo.14328507THE GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATICALIZATION OF INTENSIFYING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH: A CLOSER LOOK AT ‘REALLY’Lucile BORDET0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6793-267XUniversité Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France, Centre d’Études Linguistiques – Corpus, Discours et Sociétés (UR CEL)Intensifiers in English appear to be at the junction of grammar and lexis thanks to an unachieved process of grammaticalization. They are sometimes also subjected to pragmaticalization processes. This paper discusses the case of the intensifying adverb ‘really’. After laying down the theoretical framework used to analyze the various uses of this intensifying adverb, this paper presents the various uses of really through a corpus-based study. The focus is then put on the criteria that make ‘really’ a grammaticalized adverb before investigating to what extent it can be considered as an instance of pragmaticalization.https://scf-lsa.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1-Lucile-BORDET-7-18.pdfintensificationgrammaticalizationlexicalizationsubjectificationpragmaticalization |
| spellingShingle | Lucile BORDET THE GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATICALIZATION OF INTENSIFYING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH: A CLOSER LOOK AT ‘REALLY’ Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate intensification grammaticalization lexicalization subjectification pragmaticalization |
| title | THE GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATICALIZATION OF INTENSIFYING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH: A CLOSER LOOK AT ‘REALLY’ |
| title_full | THE GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATICALIZATION OF INTENSIFYING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH: A CLOSER LOOK AT ‘REALLY’ |
| title_fullStr | THE GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATICALIZATION OF INTENSIFYING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH: A CLOSER LOOK AT ‘REALLY’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATICALIZATION OF INTENSIFYING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH: A CLOSER LOOK AT ‘REALLY’ |
| title_short | THE GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATICALIZATION OF INTENSIFYING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH: A CLOSER LOOK AT ‘REALLY’ |
| title_sort | grammaticalization and pragmaticalization of intensifying adverbs in english a closer look at really |
| topic | intensification grammaticalization lexicalization subjectification pragmaticalization |
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