UK/US differences in intensifier interpretation are best explained by a combination of different literal meanings, especially for 'quite', and different cultural weights on utterance cost and informativity.
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UK/US differences in intensifier interpretation are best explained by a combination of different literal meanings, especially for 'quite', and different cultural weights on utterance cost and informativity.