Degree Adverbs as Intensifies in English and Agidi Dialect of the lgbo Language

This paper is a study of degree adverbs as intensifiers in the Agidi dialect of the lgbo language. Essentially, the study is anchored on the approach of contrast in which the dialect is compared with English in the aspects of degree adverbs. Data for the paper were collected through audio recording of the elderly native speakers of the dialect and during church services within the community. The findings revealed the occurrence of the incidence of degree as intensifiers in the Agidi dialect as it were in the English language. Data analysed showed marked similarities and areas of dissimilarities as evident in the fact that Agidi dialect is of the lgbo language as unique language of it kind, while English is quite unique too in its right.