Postmodifiers as Intensifiers in Romanian Adjectival Phrases
Postmodifiers as Intensifiers in Romanian Adjectival Phrases

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the present paper is very modest: I propose to uncover some of the properties of those Romanian adjectival phrases where the postmodifier, functioning as an intensifier, is expressed by an adverbial noun in singular. The interest is both in adjectival phrases such as ud leoarcă ‘very wet’, gol puşcă ‘completely naked’, or singur cuc ‘completely alone/lonely’, as well as in participial structures such as îngheţat bocnă ‘frozen solid’, beat turtă ‘very drunk’, or supărat foc ‘very angry/upset’. The discussion also extends to some comparisons between the canonical absolute superlative and these phrases with superlative value.

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