[Aspects of Degree Category in Old Romanian. An Example of Grammaticalization] In this paper, I propose a diachronic analysis of a representative corpus of Romanian texts (starting from the 16th century), insisting on the grammaticalization of the intensity marker foarte “very”. I also comment on a possible process of degrammaticalization which appears to manifest itself in present-day Romanian, i.e. the occurrence of foarte in verbal contexts.
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Journal “Diacronia” ISSN: 2393-1140 Frequency: 2 issues / year