ABSTRACT
This chapter summarizes the major research fi ndings and discusses implications for future studies.
7.1 Major fi ndings The present research has carried out a systematic CIA study of intensifi ers in the learner corpora and the native corpora. The overall data distribution of intensifi ers has been derived from both the learner corpus and the native corpus. The developing features of using intensifi ers across different profi ciency levels by Chinese learners have been explored. Patterning and meaning features of intensifi ers in learner English have been studied in depth within the framework of Sinclair’s model of EUM in terms of collocation, colligation, semantic preference and semantic prosody. The underlying factors contributing to features of learner English were analyzed. Major fi ndings of this research are summarized as follows:
(1) Native data in the present research lend strong support to the co-selection theory of Sinclair.
