AMP YAML source
code: AMP
biber_number: K48
xiao_number: R123
mfte_code: AMP
bohmann_number: 86
name: Amplifiers
definition: >-
Degree adverbs that intensify: very, extremely, thoroughly, absolutely, completely,
etc.
normalization: words
detection:
- requires:
- word
cql: '[word={words}]'
words:
- absolutely
- altogether
- completely
- definitely
- enormously
- entirely
- especially
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- fully
- greatly
- highly
- intensely
- particularly
- perfectly
- sorely
- strongly
- thoroughly
- totally
- utterly
- very
refines: RB
description: Default amplifiers rule (based on MFTE word list). Refines RB.
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words}]'
words:
- absolutely
- altogether
- completely
- definitely
- enormously
- entirely
- especially
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- fully
- greatly
- highly
- intensely
- particularly
- perfectly
- sorely
- strongly
- thoroughly
- totally
- utterly
- very
refines: RB
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
- upos
parts:
p1:
cql: '[word={words}]'
p2:
cql: '[upos!="PUNCT"] [word="altogether"]'
combine: "p1 | p2"
words:
- absolutely
- completely
- definitely
- drastically
- enormously
- entirely
- extremely
- fully
- greatly
- highly
- intensely
- perfectly
- strongly
- thoroughly
- totally
- utterly
- very
description: >-
pybiber uses two patterns: all amplifiers (any POS), plus "altogether"
only when NOT preceded by punctuation (negative lookbehind in blob regex
avoids conjunct context).
examples:
- text: The path was _extremely_ dangerous at night.
- text: She was _completely_ exhausted from the journey.
- text: That is _very_ kind of you.
- text: The river was _very_ high after the rain.
- text: I am _very_ tired.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: They were both _thoroughly_ frightened.
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023
- bohmann_2019