Guido Oebel (Hrsg./Ed.)Intensivierungskonzepte bei Adjektiven und Adverben im Sprachenvergleich / Crosslinguistic Comparison of Intensified Adjectives and Adverbs

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[...] The volume gives a very thorough overview of the topic of intensification in adjectives and adverbs with a crosslinguistic lookout. This also accounts for ist possible inventory-like usage, where the contributions of Hoeksema, Oebel, Brdar and Brdar-Szabó gain special importance. The balance between the language-historical and language-practical parts is ideal; the first section raises questions of which several are reflected upon in the second part. The lexical appendix is an invaluable help for scholarly interest. Although it is obviously first and foremost intended for linguists, some of the articles attain a cross-disciplinary relevance as well, possibly generating interest from other fields.