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In linguistics, an intensifier (abbreviated INT) 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 word it modifies. Intensifiers are grammatical expletives, specifically expletive attributives (or, equivalently, attributive expletives or attributive-only expletives; they also qualify as expressive attributives), because they function as semantically vacuous filler. Characteristically, English draws intensifiers from a class of words called degree modifiers, words that quantify the idea they modify. More specifically, they derive from a group of words called adverbs of degree, also known as degree adverbs. When used grammatically a

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  • Die Steigerungspartikeln (auch: Gradmodifikatoren, Gradpartikeln, Intensitätspartikeln, Intensifikatoren) bilden eine Unterklasse der Wortart Partikel. Die Steigerungspartikeln signalisieren, dass die unmittelbar anschließende Aussage von Adjektiven oder Adverbien hinsichtlich einer vom Sprecher als allgemeingültig aufgefassten Norm unterschritten oder überschritten wurde. Der Bezugsausdruck zu Steigerungspartikeln kann in wenigen Fällen auch ein Verb, aber nie ein Nomen sein. Beispiele für Steigerungspartikeln: etwas, recht, sehr, überaus, ungemein, weitaus, zu, einigermaßen (de)
  • In linguistics, an intensifier (abbreviated INT) 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 word it modifies. Intensifiers are grammatical expletives, specifically expletive attributives (or, equivalently, attributive expletives or attributive-only expletives; they also qualify as expressive attributives), because they function as semantically vacuous filler. Characteristically, English draws intensifiers from a class of words called degree modifiers, words that quantify the idea they modify. More specifically, they derive from a group of words called adverbs of degree, also known as degree adverbs. When used grammatically as intensifiers, these words cease to be degree adverbs, because they no longer quantify the idea they modify; instead, they emphasize it emotionally. By contrast, the words moderately, slightly, and barely are degree adverbs, but not intensifiers. The other hallmark of prototypical intensifiers is that they are adverbs which lack the primary characteristic of adverbs: the ability to modify verbs. Intensifiers modify exclusively adjectives and adverbs, but this rule is insufficient to classify intensifiers, since there exist other words commonly classified as adverbs that never modify verbs but are not intensifiers, e.g. questionably. For these reasons, Huddleston argues that intensifier not be recognized as a primary grammatical or lexical category. Intensifier is a category with grammatical properties, but insufficiently defined unless its functional significance is also described (what Huddleston calls a notional definition). Technically, intensifiers roughly qualify a point on the affective semantic property, which is gradable. Syntactically, intensifiers pre-modify either adjectives or adverbs. Semantically, they increase the emotional content of an expression. The basic intensifier is very. A versatile word, English permits very to modify adjectives and adverbs, but not verbs. Other intensifiers often express the same intention as very. (en)
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  • Die Steigerungspartikeln (auch: Gradmodifikatoren, Gradpartikeln, Intensitätspartikeln, Intensifikatoren) bilden eine Unterklasse der Wortart Partikel. Die Steigerungspartikeln signalisieren, dass die unmittelbar anschließende Aussage von Adjektiven oder Adverbien hinsichtlich einer vom Sprecher als allgemeingültig aufgefassten Norm unterschritten oder überschritten wurde. Der Bezugsausdruck zu Steigerungspartikeln kann in wenigen Fällen auch ein Verb, aber nie ein Nomen sein. Beispiele für Steigerungspartikeln: etwas, recht, sehr, überaus, ungemein, weitaus, zu, einigermaßen (de)
  • In linguistics, an intensifier (abbreviated INT) 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 word it modifies. Intensifiers are grammatical expletives, specifically expletive attributives (or, equivalently, attributive expletives or attributive-only expletives; they also qualify as expressive attributives), because they function as semantically vacuous filler. Characteristically, English draws intensifiers from a class of words called degree modifiers, words that quantify the idea they modify. More specifically, they derive from a group of words called adverbs of degree, also known as degree adverbs. When used grammatically a (en)
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  • Steigerungspartikel (de)
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