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Синтаксические средства выражения интенсивности признака
The article is a part of the extensive research aimed at
the in-depth study of intensifying adjectives. The paper
considers the categories of intensity, expressiveness
and evaluation. The present research is based on
the material collected from the 20th-century British
and American novels. Continuous sampling method is
employed. The paper presents an attempt to describe
and analyze syntactic means of adjective intensification.
Particular attention is paid to subordinate clauses,
inversion, exclamatory sentences, and repetition.
Alongside with syntactic constructions the article reveals
the significance of syntactic function and its
influence on the meaning of adjectives. The analysis
conducted shows that non-gradable adjectives when
intensified can become gradable.