A Lexico-Cognitive Study of the Forms of Intensification in Arabic Within the Framework of Gradeability by Force

The present paper deals with gradeability by force in reference to intensification. Gradeability represents a different semantic relationship in which the graduated entity can raise the volume of attitude up/down or in-between. The study aims to unearth how the linguistic phenomenon of gradeability works in Arabic. There is a detailed description of the grammatical, morphological, and lexical features of intensification. The study tackles the linguistic phenomenon of intensification at the classical level demonstrating the writer-reader relationship. In Conclusion, getting familiar with the forms of gradeability enables the speaker to have different attitudinal positions instead of the state of dichotomy.