A corpus-based account of the development of English such and Dutch zulk: Identification, intensification and (inter)subjectification KU Leuven
On the basis of synchronic English language material, Bolinger (1972) has put forward the hypothesis that intensifying meanings or "degree words" often develop from identifying expressions. This paper will empirically test Bolinger's hypothesis by means of in-depth diachronic study of the development of such - one of Bolinger's central examples - and of its Dutch cognate zulk in historical text corpora. To this aim, a detailed ...