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April 23, 2026Sociolinguistic Studies

Intensification in the Spanish Spoken in Granada (Spain): A Corpus-Based Study

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ÁGÁngela Castañeda González

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Overview

This corpus-based study reveals intensification patterns in Spanish speech acts in Granada, suggesting gender influences its use.

Key Points

  • This research aims to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the use of intensification in the Spanish spoken in Granada.
  • Analyzed oral data from the PRESEEA-GRAN corpus
  • Examined speech acts as the unit of analysis for discourse segmentation
  • Assessed the correlation between social variables and intensifier usage
  • Intensification is prevalent in discourse among speakers
  • Low variability in intensifier usage conditioned by social or stylistic factors, except for gender
  • Women used significantly more intensifiers compared to men

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Ángela Castañeda González (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e9b80e85696592c86eb884https://doi.org/10.3138/ss-20-1-2-0007
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