- ISBN: 9780415217132 | 041521713X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/4/2000
This book deals with expressions like Englishmyself, yourself, himselfand so on, and Germanselbstfrom a perspective of language comparison. It is the first book-length study of intensifiers ever written. The study investigates the syntax and semantics of these expressions and provides a thorough account of a much neglected grammatical domain. Given that the approach is both descriptive and analytic, the book will be of interest to linguists, grammar writers and teachers of English and German alike.