Intensifiers and Downtoners in American English Conversation

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Index
0:01 Introduction
1:18 Types of adverbs
2:18 Intensifiers (also called "amplifiers")
3:20 Pronunciation of intensifiers
3:38 Doubling and combining intensifiers
5:24 Too
5:49 How (rude)! How (sweet)!
6:15 Quiz 1: Intensifiers in conversation
8:12 Downtoners (also called "diminishers")
9:26 Note about using intensifiers and downtoners with adverbs
10:12 Quiz 2: Sorting intensifiers and downtoners
11:19 Informal intensifiers: awful, real, crazy, super, stupid, wicked
12:23 Profane intensifiers
12:44 Downtoners and hedges to be polite


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Sources for this lesson include:
Biber D. et al. (2007). Longman grammar of spoken and written English. Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
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