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Title of Article

SEMANTIC FEATURES OF ADJECTIVES USED FOR EMPHASIS


Issue
5
Date
2014

Article type
scientific article
UDC
811.111
Pages
134-139
Keywords
adjective, emphasis, meaning, intensifier, semantic features, gradable, semantic structure.


Authors
Terenteva E.V.
Natsionalnyy issledovatelskiy universitet «Vysshaya shkola ekonomiki», Nizhegorodskiy filial


Abstract
The study investigates the features of English adjectives with inherent gradable semantic components. Intensifying adjectives are classified into four categories with respect to the semantic criteria. Adjectives used for emphasis are given different degrees on a unary scale.

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