A Corpus-Based Study of Synonymous Intensifiers: Absolutely, Totally, Completely

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.483How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Intensifier, synonymy, corpus, collocation, semantic prosody

Abstract

Differentiation of synonyms will help language learners to use synonyms more appropriately and understand them correctly, and also facilitating smooth communication process. As an approach to intensify. Intensifiers also effect the tone and expression of the speakers, and aroused the research interest of many scholars in recent decades. This passage sums up the previous studies, and also conducted a research through BNC about three intensifiers that have identical meaning in dictionary: totally, completely, absolutely. After analysing, the research found out the difference and featured patterns of the three synonymous intensifiers in the aspect of degree of formality, collocation and semantic prosody. Hopefully this thesis will shed light on the learning of language learners and reduce the elements that cause communication failure.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yu Cao
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TI  - A Corpus-Based Study of Synonymous Intensifiers: Absolutely, Totally, Completely
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020)
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