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100 1 _aLorenz, Gunter R.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aAdjective Intensification – Learner's versus Native Speakers :
_bA Corpus Study of Argumentative Writing /
_cGunter R. Lorenz.
246 3 _aA Corpus Study of Argumentative Writing
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c1999.
264 4 _c©1999
300 _a1 online resource (336 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aLanguage and Computers ;
_v27
490 1 _aLanguage and Linguistics - Book Archive pre-2000
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _tFront Matter -- Preliminary Material /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- Preface /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- List of Abbreviations /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 1 Introduction: towards a Learner Corpus Rationale /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 2 The Significance of Intensification /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 3 Methodological Considerations /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 4 The Adjective as Focus of Intensification /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 5 Closed-Class Intensifiers: a Motley Collection /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 6 Open-Class Intensifiers: Clearing the Ground /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 7 Open-Class Intensifiers and their Semantic Mechanisms /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 8 Learners’ Adjective Intensification: Deficits and Deviations /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 9 Global Measures and Stylistic Differences /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- 10 Summary and Implications /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- Back Matter -- References /
_rGunter R. Lorenz -- Appendices /
_rGunter R. Lorenz.
520 _aThis volume represents one of the first full-length studies carried out on material from the International Corpus of Learner English (ICLE) , supplemented by data from younger learners and native speakers. It addresses three main goals: a) the implementation of a developmental corpus methodology. The study explores four corpora of argumentative writing, two sampled from advanced learners of different ages and two from corresponding native speakers of English. This way, the respective linguistic maturation in native and non-native writing can be traced with more explanatory power than could be yielded by a mere learner / native speaker contrast. b) a functional account of adjective intensification in present-day written English. Intensification is a singularly dynamic and innovative lexico-grammatical class. Despite their obvious limitations, small, text-type controlled corpora, such as the ones used here, make it feasible to examine this whole functional paradigm and identify the conceptual mechanisms of its continual innovation and semantic change. c) the exploration of native vs. non-native usage and the notion of idiomaticity. The main differences between native English usage and that of advanced learners rest not so much on grammatical structure, but on the rather elusive quality of 'idiomaticity'. In the limited domain of intensification, this notion is explored both qualitatively and arithmetically, with the aim of learning more about what it takes to use English idiomatically. See Less
546 _aEnglish
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aComputational linguistics.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xDiscourse analysis
_xData processing.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xResearch
_xData processing.
650 0 _aSemantics
_xData processing.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tAdjective Intensification – Learner's versus Native Speakers : A Corpus Study of Argumentative Writing.
_dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.
_z9789042005280
_w(OCoLC)43266753
830 0 _aLanguage and Computers ;
_v27.
830 0 _aLanguage and Linguistics - Book Archive pre-2000.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004653696
999 _c14577
_d14577