Intensifier, the Glossary
In linguistics, an intensifier (abbreviated) is a lexical category (but not a traditional part of speech) for a modifier that makes no contribution to the propositional meaning of a clause but serves to enhance and give additional emotional context to the lexical item it modifies.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Adjective, Adverb, Affect (psychology), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Clause, Comparison (grammar), Concept, David F. Larcker, Do-support, Emptiness, England, English language, Expletive attributive, Forbes, Friedrich Nietzsche, Functional linguistics, Generalized quantifier, Grammatical category, Grammatical modifier, Hella, Human, All Too Human, Intensive pronoun, Intensive word form, Jargon, Lexical item, Linguistics, List of glossing abbreviations, London, Mark Twain, Necessity and sufficiency, New York (state), New York City, Part of speech, Proposition, Psychology Today, Rodney Huddleston, Semantic property, Semantics, So (word), Stanford Graduate School of Business, Syntax, The Most Reverend, The Wall Street Journal, Underdetermination, William Allen White.
Adjective
An adjective (abbreviated adj.) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.
Adverb
An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, determiner, clause, preposition, or sentence. Intensifier and adverb are parts of speech.
Affect (psychology)
Affect, in psychology, is the underlying experience of feeling, emotion, attachment, or mood.
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Cambridge
Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Clause
In language, a clause is a constituent or phrase that comprises a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate.
Comparison (grammar)
Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are rendered in an inflected or periphrastic way to indicate a comparative degree, property, quality, or quantity of a corresponding word, phrase, or clause.
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Concept
A concept is defined as an abstract idea.
David F. Larcker
David F. Larcker is an American academic and author.
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Do-support
Do-support (sometimes referred to as do-insertion or periphrastic do), in English grammar, is the use of the auxiliary verb do (or one of its inflected forms e.g. does), to form negated clauses and constructions which require subject–auxiliary inversion, such as questions.
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Emptiness
Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom, social alienation, nihilism and apathy.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Expletive attributive
An expletive attributive is an adjective or adverb (or adjectival or adverbial phrase) that does not contribute to the meaning of a sentence, but is used to intensify its emotional force.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.
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Functional linguistics
Functional linguistics is an approach to the study of language characterized by taking systematically into account the speaker's and the hearer's side, and the communicative needs of the speaker and of the given language community.
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Generalized quantifier
In formal semantics, a generalized quantifier (GQ) is an expression that denotes a set of sets.
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Grammatical category
In linguistics, a grammatical category or grammatical feature is a property of items within the grammar of a language. Intensifier and grammatical category are grammar.
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Grammatical modifier
In linguistics, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure which modifies the meaning of another element in the structure.
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Hella
Hella is an American English slang term originating in and often associated with San Francisco's East Bay area in northern California, possibly specifically emerging in the 1970s African-American vernacular of Oakland.
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits (Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister) is a book by 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1878.
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Intensive pronoun
An intensive pronoun (or self-intensifier) adds emphasis to a statement; for example, "I did it myself." While English intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) use the same form as reflexive pronouns, an intensive pronoun is different from a reflexive pronoun because it functions as an adverbial or adnominal modifier, not as an argument of a verb.
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Intensive word form
In grammar, an intensive word form is one which denotes stronger, more forceful, or more concentrated action relative to the root on which the intensive is built. Intensifier and intensive word form are grammar.
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Jargon
Jargon or technical language is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity.
Lexical item
In lexicography, a lexical item is a single word, a part of a word, or a chain of words (catena) that forms the basic elements of a language's lexicon (≈ vocabulary).
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Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of language.
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List of glossing abbreviations
This article lists common abbreviations for grammatical terms that are used in linguistic interlinear glossing of oral languages in English.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.
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Necessity and sufficiency
In logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational relationship between two statements.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Part of speech
In grammar, a part of speech or part-of-speech (abbreviated as POS or PoS, also known as word class or grammatical category) is a category of words (or, more generally, of lexical items) that have similar grammatical properties. Intensifier and part of speech are grammar and parts of speech.
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Proposition
A proposition is a central concept in the philosophy of language, semantics, logic, and related fields, often characterized as the primary bearer of truth or falsity.
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Psychology Today
Psychology Today is an American media organization with a focus on psychology and human behavior.
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Rodney Huddleston
Rodney D. Huddleston (born 4 April 1937) is a British linguist and grammarian specializing in the study and description of English.
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Semantic property
Semantic properties or meaning properties are those aspects of a linguistic unit, such as a morpheme, word, or sentence, that contribute to the meaning of that unit.
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Semantics
Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning. Intensifier and Semantics are grammar.
So (word)
So is an English word that, apart from its other uses, has become increasingly popular in recent years as a coordinating conjunctive opening word in a sentence.
Stanford Graduate School of Business
The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB or simply GSB) is the graduate business school of Stanford University, a private research university in Stanford, California.
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Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Intensifier and syntax are grammar.
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend is an honorific style given to certain high-ranking religious figures, primarily within the historic denominations of Christianity, but occasionally also in more modern traditions.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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Underdetermination
In the philosophy of science, underdetermination or the underdetermination of theory by data (sometimes abbreviated UTD) is the idea that evidence available to us at a given time may be insufficient to determine what beliefs we should hold in response to it.
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William Allen White
William Allen White (February 10, 1868 – January 29, 1944) was an American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement.
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