New insights on intensification and intensifiers

Napoli, Maria; Ravetto, Miriam

doi:10.1075/slcs.189.01nap

In:Exploring Intensification: Synchronic, diachronic and cross-linguistic perspectives
Edited by Maria Napoli and Miriam Ravetto
[Studies in Language Companion Series 189] 2017
► pp. 1–12

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New insights on intensification and intensifiers

Maria Napoli | Università del Piemonte Orientale

Miriam Ravetto | Università del Piemonte Orientale

Published online: 30 September 2017

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.189.01nap

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