International journal
ISSN 2311-0759 (Online)
ISSN 2311-0740 (Print)


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Intensifiers and deintensification in ironic contexts

The article discusses the role of intensifiers and deintensification (the minimised degree sign) in ironic contexts. Pre-analyzes the characteristics of both groups of words, identify their co-occurrence differences, the productivity and dopolnyaet intensifiers and unproductive of deintensification.