particularizers – English Grammar Profiler
Particularizers are a category of adverbs that focus attention on what follows them, without excluding other possibilities. We are interested in finding more advanced chunks that they are found with. Firstly, we look at the levels given by the English Vocabulary Profile:
especially = A2 very much or particularly
largely = B2 almost completely
mainly = B1 mostly or to a large degree
mostly = B1 mainly or most of the time
particularly = B1 especially, or more than usual
predominantly = C2 mostly or mainly
primarily = B2 mainly
A search in the TED corpus for N-grams:
4-gram
1 especially when it comes 16
We believe this natural chunk is at least C1.
But data has its limitations,
especially when it comes to language.
TED
2 this is especially true 10
3 and especially in the 6
3-gram
1 largely due to 8
We believe this natural chunk is at least C1.
Tremendous progress has been made
on this recently,
largely due to Amazon‘s efforts
on their Echo speaker technology.
TED
2 it is largely 6
3 largely the same 6
2-gram
1 mainly because 18
We believe this natural chunk is at least B2.
This was mainly because the teams exposed to rudeness
didn’t share information as readily,
and they stopped seeking help
from their teammates.
TED
2 mainly in 14
3 was mainly 13
4-gram
1 mostly made up of 5 C2
Stars are mostly made up of hydrogen,
the simplest and lightest element.
TED
2 mostly in the form 3
3 mostly invisible to us 2
4-gram
1 this is a particularly 7
note that all of these are followed by an adjective:
Now, this is a particularly remarkable example of creativity.
TED
2 n’t particularly want to 5
3 and particularly in the 5
2-gram
note that these relate to race/skin colour politics
1 predominantly white 6
So partly, as a result of this,
it led eventually to the election of Donald Trump in 2016,
who exploited the anger of the working classes,
who are predominantly_white.
TED
2 are predominantly 5 3 a predominantly 5 4 is predominantly 3
5 predominantly black 3