C-Smile, COCA, and BNC: a focus on amplifiers and adjective collocations

In order to explicate a specific message from statements, amplifiers mostly collocate with particular lexical items referring to evaluation, judgment, or attitude. Using six types of amplifiers consisting of absolutely, completely, entirely, fully, totally, and utterly, the research intends to eli...

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Main Authors: Basthomi, Yazid, Yannuar, Nurenzia, Widiati, Utami, Martiningtyas, Rahma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8861/1/7301-25689-1-PB.pdf