LINGUIST 1ZZ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ditransitive Verb, Nonpast Tense, Init
26 Mar 2018
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Add-on"s which provide circumstantial information about the action. Modify the whole verb phrase (vp), not just the verb. Answers questions: why, how, where, when, how long, etc. Modify the whole vp, hence attached to vp in a tree diagram. Therefore, if they are pp"s, on different syntactic level to pp complements. Multiple adverbials are possible in one sentence: adverbials can be on different word classes: adverbs, preposition phrases, etc. In the morning, at home, with difficulty, for health reasons, on saturday, because of snow, due to unforeseen circumstances. Home, every year, last night, each time. Each time answers how , last night answers when . Not fixed, position depends partly on pragmatic factors (e. g. fronting) Initially (esp. time) in the morning, i like drinking coffee : preverbally (esp. manner, between auxiliaries, postverbally (but ever before do or io) Positions of pp and np adverbial adjuncts are more limited.
