منابع مشابه
Adverb classification ∗
The syntactic category of adverbs is generally associated with the copresence of two properties. First, adverbs, which are typically used with the function of an adjunct, have a remarkable distributional freedom. Second, at least some adverbs are scopal elements, whose scope properties may have consequences on their position. Accordingly, adverbs pose a number of acute questions for the syntax-...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: <i>WORD</i>
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0043-7956,2373-5112
DOI: 10.1080/00437956.1988.11435788