adverbial phrase
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adverbial
adjective
uk/ədˈvɜː.bi.əl/us/ədˈvɝː.bi.əl/
using or containing ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk/freɪz/us/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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Furthermore, an adjunct like anadverbialphrasewhich can be placed in any position in a sentence can further double the number of rules.
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In all cases that anadverbialphraseacts as a main sentence topic, it was correctly detected.
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That is, those in which the expression of the verb is not accompanied by any kind ofadverbialphrase.
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Theadverbialphraseitself is still capable of being prosodically marked off within that constituent.
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Here, there is an interveningadverbialphrase.
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Finally, as can be seen in the case of both whether- and that-clauses, a preclausaladverbialphrase somewhat reduces the acceptability of sentences with object extractions.
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Usually, it is an adverb oradverbialphrasethat comes between "to" and the verb.
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Another exception is that if there is an emphaticadverbialphraseat the start of the sentence, a pronoun subject precedes the verb.
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The expression is typically used in anadverbialphrasefollowing some form of the word go, but it is also used as a simple noun.
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Certain verbs are often used progressively and verbs of motion may be dropped before an adverb oradverbialphraseof motion.
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A proposition contains only one main verb with its arguments such as the subject, the object, adverbial phrases, etc.
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As we could expect from the linguistic studies, left-dislocated adverbial phrases might occasionally act as a topic of a sentence.
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The semantics of adverbial phrases resembles that of adjectives.
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Second, it is far from certain that adverbial phrases should occupy -roles as arguments to a verb.
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One possible explanation for this finding lies in the very nature of such adverbial phrases, which have an unspecific scope that tends to extend ad infinitum.
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The present perfect is used, often with adverbial phrases of duration, to refer to a state or event starting in the past and leading up to the present.
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Among the phenomena we describe are noun phrases, verb phrases and subcategorization, prepositional, adjectival and adverbial phrases, sentences, including subordinate and relative clauses and interrogative sentences, coordination and numbers.
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