Archaisms classification

Types of archaisms:
  •  Interjections.They express emotions without naming them. F: Alas! Heavens! Hell! Nonsense! Pooh! 

  • Intensifiers. They convey special intensities to what is said, they indicate the special importance of the thing expressed. The simplest and most often used of these are such words as ever, even, all, so. There is also a big group of intensifying adverbs: awfully, dreadfully, frightfully, marvellously, terribly, tremendously and others.

  •  Evaluatory words.They are words when used in a sentence pass a value judgement differ from other emotional words in that they can not only indicate the presence of emotion but specify it. E.g. silly ass, parrot, pig, snake, wolf.

  • Emotive speech. Speech has numerous functions as to make statements, to express the speaker’s attitude to what he is talking about, his emotional reaction, his relations with his audience. He may wish to express his approval or disapproval.

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