Concepts of intensity and intensifiers in linguistics

  • PhD, Senior Lecturer, Namangan State Institute of Foreign Languages

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https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol3-iss6-pp41-45

Keywords

intensification , gradual , de-intensification , intensificate , grammaticalization , morphological structure , unique

Abstract

This article analyzes the scholar’s views on the concepts of intensity and intensifier in linguistics, and the differences between these terms are explained through examples. In addition, various scholars’ classifications of intensifiers are examined and analyzed with the help of examples.

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Радионова С.Е. Категория интенсивности и ее выражения в публицистическом дискурсе. – М.: МГУ, 1992. – C. 158.

Greenbaum S. Verb-Intensifier Collocations in English: An Experimental Approach. – The Hague, Paris: 1970. – P. 139.

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Valijonov, S. 2025. Concepts of intensity and intensifiers in linguistics. Foreign Linguistics and Lingvodidactics. 3, 6 (Nov. 2025), 41–45. DOI:https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol3-iss6-pp41-45.

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Literary studies and linguoculturology