Patterns and Meanings of Intensifiers in Chinese Learner Corpora

by Chunyan Wang

Intensification plays a major role in spoken and written interaction, enabling the writer or speaker to express different levels of commitment. This book explores the patterns and meanings of intensifiers in Chinese learner English by ways of comparison with native English. The study is conducted within the theoretical framework of Firthian contextual theory of meaning, Sinclairian model of Extended Units of Meaning (EUM) and Hunston's pattern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367519046
• ISBN13: 9780367519049
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"