Abstract Situated at the interface of several sub-disciplines (corpus linguistics, World Englishes, variationist sociolinguistics), this study investigates patterns of adjectival amplification (very good, so glad, pretty cool) in the Corpus of Global Web-Based English (GloWbE). It highlights regional distributions/preferences of amplifier-adjective 2-grams and the idiosyncratic status of certain bigrams according to their frequency status. Globally, clear regional preferences in amplification patterns as well as possible trends concerning change are identified. Regionally, L1 varieties contrast starkly with some regions (Africa, Indian subcontinent) but – maybe unexpectedly – not with others (Southeast Asia). The results offer insights into current trajectories of change concerning the investigated amplifiers in certain regions and 2-grams: North American varieties are leading a trend away from very towards so and possibly pretty in the future.

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为什么在印度很好可能在北美也很好

摘要 本研究位于多个分支学科（语料库语言学、世界英语、变异社会语言学）的交界处，研究了全球网络英语语料库 (GloWbE) 中形容词放大的模式（非常好、很高兴、非常酷） . 它突出了放大器形容词 2-gram 的区域分布/偏好以及某些二元组根据其频率状态的特殊状态。在全球范围内，确定了放大模式的明显区域偏好以及可能的变化趋势。在区域上，L1 品种与某些地区（非洲、印度次大陆）形成鲜明对比，但可能出乎意料地与其他地区（东南亚）形成鲜明对比。结果提供了有关某些区域和 2-gram 中所研究放大器的当前变化轨迹的见解：