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<TITLE> Adverb: Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases</TITLE>
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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1> Adverb: Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases</H1>
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<I>Last update: 2006-06-15 09:19:39 CEST</I><BR>
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(c) Aarne Ranta (<A HREF="mailto:aarne@cs.chalmers.se">aarne@cs.chalmers.se</A>) 2002 under GNU GPL.
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abstract Adverb = Cat ** {
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fun
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The two main ways of forming adverbs are from adjectives and by
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prepositions from noun phrases.
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PositAdvAdj : A -> Adv ; -- quickly
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PrepNP : Prep -> NP -> Adv ; -- in the house
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Comparative adverbs have a noun phrase or a sentence as object of
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ComparAdvAdj : CAdv -> A -> NP -> Adv ; -- more quickly than John
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ComparAdvAdjS : CAdv -> A -> S -> Adv ; -- more quickly than he runs
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Adverbs can be modified by 'adadjectives', just like adjectives.
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AdAdv : AdA -> Adv -> Adv ; -- very quickly
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Subordinate clauses can function as adverbs.
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SubjS : Subj -> S -> Adv ; -- when he arrives
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AdvSC : SC -> Adv ; -- that he arrives ---- REMOVE?
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Comparison adverbs also work as numeral adverbs.
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AdnCAdv : CAdv -> AdN ; -- more (than five)
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