Eckhard Bick - VISL

4.5.4.3 Intensifier adverbs
Intensifier (quantifying) adverbs (ADV )
assaz, bastante, bem, cada=vez=mais, eminentemente, extremamente, igualmente, imensamente,
incrivelmente, mais=ou=menos, mui, muito, muitíssimo, particularmente, pelo=menos, pouco,
pouquíssimo, quanto=mais, sobremaneira, sobremodo, terrivelmente, totalmente, tremendamente,
vagamente
POST-ADJECTS (@AA (@AA moulds a new AP even from a PP head.
The typical position for intensifiers is directly before the term modified (6a, 6b,
6c), with a few exceptions (, demais, paca). The subclass, which
might be described as what really are morphological determiner pronouns (DET)
functioning as intensifiers, is limited to the above-mentioned pre-adject position (6a1,
6d4), whereas the other intensifiers can also modify the predicate, in which case they
typically appear directly before or after the verb or verb chain (6d1) and never in the
circumstantial position (as tested by comma-separation, 6d3, or que-focusing, 6d2).
6a1) A @>N tarefa @SUBJ> era @FMV nada @>A fácil.
6a2) Tinha @FMV esta @>N idéia @A iconoclasta @NN menina @SUBJ> nadava @FMV tremendamente @>A bem @N proposta @A sem @N< graça @P importa @FMV a @>N sua @>N religião @