Adjuncts

Adjuncts

1. Viewpoint adjuncts

   • Adjective phrase point of view
     • are commonly derived from adjectives by adding the suffix –ly.
   • Noun phrase point of view
     • are commonly derived from nouns by adding the suffix –wise

2. Process adjuncts

   • Manner
     • how? ¿de qué manera?
   • Mean
     • Medio por el que se hace algo
       • My children go to school by bus.
   • Instrument
     • with what?
       • You can cut the meat with that knife.

3. Place adjuncts

   • Location
     • No movement
   • Direction
     • Movement

4. Time adjuncts

   • Point of time
   • Boundary of time
     • "due date"
       • I have to submit this at the end of the class
   • Duration of time
     • For how long?
   • Frequency of occurance
     • How often?
       • Definite
         • Everyday, every week, every monday, never.
           • Definite
       • Sometimes, some days.
         • Indefinite
   • Temporal Correlatives
     • First, then, next, finally, etc.

5. Intensifiers

   • Emphasizers
     • actually, certainly, clearly, definitely, fairly, frankly, honestly, indeed, just, literally, obviously, plainly, really, simply, surely, for certain, for sure, of course, uterlly
   • Amplifiers
     • Maximizers
       • Upper extreme
         • absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, quite, thoroughly, utterly, in all respects, most
     • Boosters
       • just a high point on the scale rather than the upper extreme.
         • badly, deeply, greatly, heartily, much, so, violently, well, a great deal, a good deal, a lot, by far, exclamatory how, more.
   • Downtoners
     • Compromisers
       • Slight lowering effect
         • kind of, sort of, quite, rather, more or less.
     • Diminishers
       • Scale downwards considerable
         • partly, slightly, somewhat, in part, to some extent, a little.
     • Minimizers
       • Lower extreme
         • a bit, barely, hardly, little, scarcely, in the least, in the slightest, at all.
     • Aprproximators
       • approximation to the force of the action.
         • almost, nearly, as good as, all but.