Монгол хэлний тэмдэг нэрийн утгыг эрчимжүүлэх үгийн талаарх зарим ажиглалт

Some observations on words which could intensify the meaning of adjective in Mongolia

Abstract

Augmentative words, such as ulemj- “much, many, considerable, greatly, extensively”, mas - “very, extremely, very much”,eng - “extremely, really, most”, asar - asuru “very, very much, greatly, extremely”, cing - “firmly, truthfully, sincerely”, “white-haired”,ucuken - “not many, not much”, etc are placed in front of adjectives to add to their meaning. Often they make the meaning of the adjective stronger, or more intense. For this reason, these words are called intensifiers.

This paper attempts to make a list and to analyze augmentative meanings of adjectives, used in studies and research, which are published between 1828-2015, of the scientists from Russian and Mongolian.

A working definition of augmentative words will be established on the basis of standard Mongolian grammar. Thereafter a lexical analysis of different intensifiers will be conducted to identify the different augmentative words used. The results will also be analysis based on list and the frequency of augmentative words.