Table 5 Degree of Intensity in the ST & TT of Wild Swans (Chinese is in traditional characters)
From: DEGREE OF INTENSITY in English-Chinese translation: a corpus-based approach
Total | High | Low | Sum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wild Swans-ST | 246 (28.51%) | 529 (61.3%) | 88 (10.19%) | 863 (100%) |
Top items | too: 114 extremely: 52 completely: 35 totally:12 | very: 284 almost: 133 quite: 39 rather: 35 nearly: 23 | hardly: 41 slightly: 15 scarcely: 9 a bit: 8 somewhat: 8 | |
Wild Swans-TT | 444 (30.73%) | 844 (58.41%) | 157 (10.87%) | 1445 (100%) |
Top items | 太tài: 130 極jí: 89 完全wánquán: 86 十分shífēn: 79 | 很hěn: 634 非常fēicháng: 89 幾乎jīhū: 57 特別tèbié: 23 | 點diǎn: 55 稍shāo: 30 幾乎 jīhū + neg.: 21 還hái: 18 |