The syntax of adverbs: an LFG approach

This article proposes an LFG treatment of predicational adverbs in English. We argue that each adverb contains in its lexical entry a typological designation, or disjunction of multiple typological designations, which interact with lexical entries to produce c- and f-structures. ADVPs are adjoined...

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Huvudupphovsman: Cobb, C
Övriga upphovsmän: Dalrymple, M
Materialtyp: Lärdomsprov
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2006
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description This article proposes an LFG treatment of predicational adverbs in English. We argue that each adverb contains in its lexical entry a typological designation, or disjunction of multiple typological designations, which interact with lexical entries to produce c- and f-structures. ADVPs are adjoined to either I' or VP, depending on this typological designation, and provide all necessary readings from these two adjunction sites. Functional precedence is used to resolve ordering restrictions in cases of multiple adverb occurrence within a sentence.
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spelling oxford-uuid:d808caba-2c2c-4b84-8ec3-f62d78c67ab32022-03-27T08:45:30ZThe syntax of adverbs: an LFG approachThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccuuid:d808caba-2c2c-4b84-8ec3-f62d78c67ab3English Language and LiteratureEnglishOxford University Research Archive - Valet2006Cobb, CDalrymple, MThis article proposes an LFG treatment of predicational adverbs in English. We argue that each adverb contains in its lexical entry a typological designation, or disjunction of multiple typological designations, which interact with lexical entries to produce c- and f-structures. ADVPs are adjoined to either I' or VP, depending on this typological designation, and provide all necessary readings from these two adjunction sites. Functional precedence is used to resolve ordering restrictions in cases of multiple adverb occurrence within a sentence.
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The syntax of adverbs: an LFG approach
title The syntax of adverbs: an LFG approach
title_full The syntax of adverbs: an LFG approach
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