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Table 6 Degree of Intensity in Mao’s Last Dancer (Chinese is in traditional characters)

From: DEGREE OF INTENSITY in English-Chinese translation: a corpus-based approach

 

Total

High

Low

Sum

Mao’s Last Dancer-ST

115 (37.83%)

168 (55.26%)

21 (6.91%)

304 (100%)

Top items

too: 74

completely: 21

totally: 6

extremely: 4

very: 109

nearly: 31

almost: 12

quite: 10

hardly: 8

slightly: 7

not too: 4

not totally | a bit: 1

 

Mao’s Last Dancer-TT

153 (18.3%)

637 (76%)

48 (5.7%)

838 (100%)

Top items

tài: 76

jí: 22

完全wánquán: 15

diǎn + neg.: 11

hěn: 514

非常fēicháng: 77

幾乎jīhū: 20

特別tèbié: 6

diǎn: 14

不太bú tài: 9

xiē: 7

shāo/還hái /幾乎jīhū + neg.: 4