A corpus‐based analysis of adjective amplification in Hong Kong, Indian and Philippine English

• Published in: World Englishes Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 456 - 473
• Main Author: Schweinberger, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2025
• Subjects: Adjectives; Changes; Corpus analysis; Corpus linguistics; Inference; Language shift; Language varieties; Prestige; Semantic categories; Semantics; Social factors; Social groups; Social meaning; Sociolinguistics; South Asian English; Syntax; World Englishes; Hong Kong China; China

This study considers a corpus‐based approach for analysing adjective amplifier systems (very, really, so, etc.) in Hong Kong English (HKE), Indian Englsih (IndE) and Philippine English (PhiE) based on data from the International Corpus of English. The current study adds to existing research by provi...