adverbial clause
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adverbial
adjective
uk/ədˈvɜː.bi.əl/us/ədˈvɝː.bi.əl/
using or containing ...
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clause
noun[C]
uk/klɔːz/us/klɑːz/
law
a particular part of a written legal document, for example a law passed by Parliament or a contract (= ...
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(Definition ofadverbialandclausefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofadverbial clause
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For each marked initiation, the type of temporal marker was identified as either aspect marker, adverb, oradverbialclause.
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Any child can bluff his way through a comprehension test, but to tell the difference between anadverbialclauseand a noun-subject clause one must have a clear-cut mind.
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Anadverbialclauseis usually, but not always, fronted by a subordinate conjunction sometimes called a trigger word.
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Restricting ourselves to the subject positions of adverbial clauses, we find different binding properties of empty subjects.
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Finally, there are adverbial clauses of various semantic types, for example clauses expressing reason/cause (10) and manner and comparison (11).
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Chapters 2 and 3 describe subordinate clauses that function as complement and adverbial clauses.
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Adverbial clauses are typically assumed to express additional, backgrounded information.
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Whereas adult-like performance on infinitives is observed in most 4-year-olds, correct control assignment in adverbial clauses does not occur until much later.
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Form refers to a word classsuch as noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and prepositionas well as types of phrases, such as prepositional phrase, nominal clause, andadverbialclause.
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And finally there is a range of constructions for which neither categorization seems right (adverbial clauses, comparative and equative clauses and so on).
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The term metadiscourse is also used in writing to describe a word or phrase that comments on what is in the sentence, usually as an introductoryadverbialclause.
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The discussion of case marking of the subjects of adverbial clauses (221) is based on correct data, but results in partially inexact generalizations.
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Competing motivations for the ordering of main and adverbial clauses.
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Therefore, all the following were analysed separately : coordinated clauses, relative clauses, adverbial clauses (the latter only when not serving as obligatory adverbial arguments).
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He argues that finite sentential complements did not develop straightforwardly from paratactic structures but from (subordinate) adverbial clauses.
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Four-year old children in this study exhibited error rates as low as 11 % (for adverbial clauses) and as high as 50 % (for some sentential complements).
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