Adverbials

Adverbials

1. positional aspects

   • Peripheral
     • can be omitted
       • USUALLY, my mother enjoys parties My mother USUALLY enjoys parties My mother enjoys parties USUALLY
   • Obligatory
     • Prepositional phrase
       • Linda put the book ON THE TABLE
         • It is a structure that defines the obligatory local context of a given category

2. Phrasal Categories

   • Noun Phrases
     • Nominal Head
     • Modified by
       • Determiners
       • Structures ranging from adjectives to complex relative clouses

3. Formal Realization

   • Adverb Phrases
     • Modifier
     • Head
   • Prepositional Phrase
     • Consist of a preposition ahead
       • In the evening night across the road at night

4. Clauses Structures

   • Subordinate Clause(Finite)
     • She worked after she had seen me, she worked althought she was ill
     • Introduced by a conjunction
   • Non-Finite Subordinate Clauses
     • She worked hoping for a good result thinking about her future
     • Exhibit an intense verb normally in infinitive or participle verb
   • Verbless Clause
     • She worked though obviously ill.
     • Are normally exhibited conjuction that signal the semantic relationship

5. Sequencing

   • Duration (For an hour Frequency (more than once) Distance (a few hundred years) Position Instrument (with a stone

6. Functional Subtypes

   • Peripheral
     • Disjuncts
       • Style Disjuncts: Acoording to my observation. Content Disjuncts: Perhaps
   • Integrated
     • Adjuncts
       • Hilda helped Tony because of his enjury
     • Subjuncts
       • With wide orientation: She kindly offered me her sit
       • With narrow orientation: I just can't believe a word