Maximizers - completely complex adverbs : A corpus study of the maximizer usage in American and Swedish journalists' writing in English
The purpose of this study is to investigate the possible differences in the way American and Swedish journalists writing in English use maximizers, i.e. intensifying adverbs. In order to fulfill the purpose, information about how maximizers are used in two different sub-corpora, namely SWENC (The Sw...
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Language: | English |
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Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR)
2014
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-31589 |