Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The syntax of intensifiers-overview; 3 Adnominal intensifiers; 4 Adverbal intensifiers; 5 The meaning of intensifiers- overview; 6 Adnominal centralising intensifiers; 7 Adverbal inclusive intensifiers; 8 Adverbal exclusive intensifiers; 9 Summary; Bibliography; Sources; Index
Summary
This book deals with expressions like English myself, yourself, himself, and German selbst from a perspective of language comparison. It is the first book-length study of intensifiers ever written
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-272) and index
