On subject-orientation in English -<i>ly</i>adverbs

Valera, Salvador

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“…In principle, these conditions apply equally well to English, but in the two languages they are not entirely clear. These conditions have been reduced to just lexical compatibility, at least for English (Valera 1998).…”

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English ‘-Ly’ Adverbs: from Subject Orientation to Conversion

Valera

2014

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

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Unlike subject-orientation in English ‘-ly’ adverbs, subject-relatedness does not conflate two syntactic functions in one and the same form: subject-related ‘-ly’ adverbs are predicative elements in the clause and do not function as adverbials. Therefore, the morphological make-up of subject-related ‘-ly’ adverbs does not match the syntactic function and the categorial meaning usually associated with the adverbial suffix ‘-ly’. In subject-relatedness, the association of the predicative function with the ‘-ly’ suffix differs from that of the well-known set of ‘-ly’ adjectives where the suffix is the present-day form of Old English ‘-līc’. Subject-relatedness raises the question of how these ‘-ly’ adverbs should be classified and the implications of this classification on their place in the system of word-classes. Specifically, it raises the question of the place of this morphological, syntactic and semantic behaviour with respect to word-class membership. In this respect, the paper explores the interpretation of subject-related ‘-ly’ words in frameworks where adjectives and adverbs are considered one and the same word-class and also where they are considered separate ones. The interpretation of subject-related ‘-ly’ words as belonging to the categorial space between adjective and adverb is relevant especially in respect of the morphosyntactic processes described in the literature for similar cases: although the profile of subject-related ‘-ly’ words appears to meet the conditions of conversion, they do not become lexicalized, as in lexical conversion, and cannot be traced back to a syntactic process, as in syntactic conversion

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English ‘-Ly’ Adverbs: from Subject Orientation to Conversion

Valera

2014

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“…It has often been stated in the literature that English adverbs do not modify noun phrases; however, some of the adverbs that are prernodifiers of an adjective display an orientation to a co-occurring noun subject (Valera, 1998). As in the following examples taken from Valera's study (1998:264), adverbs that are capable to acquire an implicit intensive relationship with the subject of a sentence are said to be subject-oriented.…”

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The morphology, syntax, and semantics of adverbs in Cantonese

Wong¹

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This thesis reports on a study of adverbs in Cantonese as it is spoken in contemporary Hong Kong. Previous studies of Cantonese adverbs have put particular emphasis on the grammatical meanings of a few individual adverbs, for instance, the adverb % sin] (Cheng, 1990; Cai, 1995; Luke 2002; among others). The general properties of the adverb class as a whole have received relatively scant attention. In this study, the characteristics of Cantonese adverbs, and especially the morphologically, semantically and syntactically relevant aspects of these adverbs are investigated in greater depth. The search for general patterns has been given priority above the description of the peculiarities of each individual adverb.

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The adjective-adverb interface in Romance and English

Hummel¹

2014

Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today

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On subject-orientation in English -lyadverbs

Cited by 8 publications

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English ‘-Ly’ Adverbs: from Subject Orientation to Conversion

English ‘-Ly’ Adverbs: from Subject Orientation to Conversion

The morphology, syntax, and semantics of adverbs in Cantonese

The adjective-adverb interface in Romance and English

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