Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 338, Date: 2010-03-31
ISBN-10 : 0521515564, PDF 2.2 Mb
In this original study, Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, through examining examples found in everyday texts. Adverbials - clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner - cover a range of meanings and can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
The description of the frequency of meaning types and discussion of the
reasons for selecting positions show that the use of adverbials differs
across text types. Adverbial usage is often linked to the general
build-up of a text and part of its content and purpose.
In using real texts, Hasselgård identifies a challenge for the
classification of adjuncts, and also highlights that some adjuncts have
uses that extend into the textual and interpersonal domains, obscuring
the traditional divisions between adjuncts, disjuncts and conjuncts.
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