Intensifiers as stance markers
A corpus study on genre variations in Mandarin Chinese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23024556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ni-Eng Lim (0000-0003-2816-822X, University of California, Los Angeles), Huaqing Hong (0000-0002-2843-6012, Nanyang Technological University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-166 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Chinese Language and Discourse An International and Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1877-7031 • E-ISSN: 1877-8798 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/cld.3.2.01lim |
| OpenAlex | W1991663905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
While the study of Mandarin Chinese intensifiers has been prolific, the methodologies used have been limited to comparative and grammaticalization studies, revealing little about the discourse-pragmatic usages of individual intensifiers. Utilizing a balanced corpus composed of 15 different prototypical genres, the associative strength of 12 commonly used intensifiers in each genre was statistically determined based on their frequency distribution. The results reveal a clear preference pattern of intensifiers across a range of “written” and “spoken”-based genres. Upon the premise that the genre preferences of intensifiers stem from matching dimensions of communicative intent/discourse context between genre and intensifier, genre-analysis was conducted to unveil the core “stances” each intensifier might possibly project. In conclusion, it is argued that genre-analysis based on empirical corpus data provides a valid alternative means to uncover seemingly “covert” aspects of language use.
Context (archaeology) · Covert · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Natural language processing · Premise · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |