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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eriksson, Sanna
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR) 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-31589