Verbes supports et intensité en grec moderne

This paper deals with support verbs acting as intensifiers in Greek, for instance πλημμυρίζω από χαρά, ξεσκίζομαι στο χορό, μαίνονται οι εχθροπραξίες. It is based on the assumption that the semantic nature of different classes of nominal predicates controls the presence of different kinds of intensifying support verbs and that support verbs intensify a different parameter when they actualize an action, a state or a fact. The theoretical model of classes of objects, the theory of Sense-Text and the model of cognitive metaphor will allow us to analyze our data.