1st Edition
Patterns and Meanings of Intensifiers in Chinese Learner Corpora
By Chunyan Wang
Copyright 2017
192 Pages
119 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
119 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
119 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
List of diagrams. List of tables. Acknowledgement. List of abbreviations. Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Literature Review Chapter 3 Research Design and Methodology Chapter 4 Data Distribution Chapter 5 Patterning Features of Intensifiers in Chinese Learner Corpora Chapter 6 Semantic Preference and Semantic Prosody of Intensifiers Chapter 7 Conclusions and Implications Appendices. References. Index
Biography
Chunyan Wang is an associate professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research interests include data-driven learning, second language acquisition, language teaching and language testing.
