C-Smile, COCA, and BNC: a focus on amplifiers and adjective collocations

• Main Authors: Basthomi, Yazid, Yannuar, Nurenzia, Widiati, Utami, Martiningtyas, Rahma
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2015
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8861/1/7301-25689-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8861/; http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/638

In order to explicate a specific message from statements, amplifiers mostly collocate with particular lexical items referring to evaluation, judgment, or attitude. Using six types of amplifiers consisting of absolutely, completely, entirely, fully, totally, and utterly, the research intends to eli...