That's absolutely crap, totally rubbish: The use of the intensifiers absolutely and totally in the spoken language of British adults and teenagers

Functions of Language

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 210-237

  Pertejo, Paloma Núñez ^a   Martínez, Ignacio M Palacios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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EID: 84906672489     PISSN: 0929998X     EISSN: 15699765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/fol.21.2.03pal     Document Type: Article

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