Intensification in English and Spanish Communication

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In this book, Nydia Flores-Ferrn offers a comprehensive examination of linguistic intensification in Spanish and English communication. Flores-Ferrn examines how intensification is defined as well as the various linguistic features, strategies, and devices we employ to escalate and amplify our oral and written communication. The book builds on a rich body of literature, exploring the conceptualization of linguistic intensification within socio-pragmatics and Persuasion Theory. This book also demonstrates the applicability of intensification in language learning by discussing techniques native speakers use to amplify the illocution of their communication.

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Adopting a socio-pragmatic approach to the curious and ubiquitous act of linguistic intensification, Flores-Ferrn provides insightful analysis that draws on key concepts from pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and even rhetoric. This is the work of a master interpreter of language whose work has additional implications for research into language acquisition, human-computer interaction, and the role of culture in the expression of emotion.

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Nydia Flores-Ferrn is professor emerita at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.