Hi Kiran,<div><br></div><div>[Quirk, R., Greenbaum, S. 1988. A University Grammar of English. Longman Publishing Group] describe thorough taxonomy of intensifiers. It contains not only maximizers or minimizers but much more. </div>
<div><br></div><div>1. Emphasizers, e.g. definitely;</div><div><div><div>2. Amplifiers: maximizers, e.g. completely and boosters, e.g. very much;</div><div>3. Downtoners: comprimisers, e.g. kind of, diminishers, e.g. partly, minimizers, e.g. hardly,</div>
<div>approximators, e.g. almost.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Alexander</div>