Lingwistyczna kategoria intensywności w językoznawstwie polskim i słowackim

Abstract

The category of intensification has been described in linguistics, but it has not been, so far, researched enough according to contemporary Slovak language. This paper presents contemporary linguistic approaches to intensification in Polish and Slovak linguistics. Certain lexical items can strengthen the force of an utterance. It is manifested in natural language by using intensifiers within gradable expressions. This term is commonly associated rather with adjectives and adverbs than with verbs and nouns. The aim of this study is to present linguistic review on intensification and intensifiers in contemporary Polish and Slovak languages. The author adduces the results of scientific research on intensifiers againts different partsof speech. Connections between semantic category of intensification and subjectivity and evaluation are also provided.