Negative Intensification in Mass Media Discourse

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, YOUTH AND SPORTS OF UKRAINE IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

NEGATIVE INTENSIFICATION IN MASS MEDIA DISCOURSE

COURSE PAPER PRESENTED BY __________________ Anastasia Hayevska a fourth year student of the English department

SUPERVISED BY _________________ O. V. Tatarovska a lecturer of the English department

Lviv 2012 Theme: NEGATIVE INTENSIFICATION IN MASS MEDIA DISCOURSE

CONTENTS
Introduction……………………………………………………………………..3
Chapter 1. Negation in English…………………………………………………6
Chapter 2. The Notion of Intensification. Negative Intensification……………12 2.1. A typological perspective 2.2. Types 2.3. A typology of intensifiers
Chapter 3. Negative

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