Çështje të rrethanorit në gjuhën shqipe
Problems on adjuncts in Albanian language

Summary/Abstract: In this article, we have presented a new approach to the analysis of adverbial constructions, which are often viewed as circumstants or adjuncts in Albanian linguistics. We argue that not all adverbials are circumstantial elements. We have proved that adverbial phrases have the functions of complements and adjuncts in the syntactic structure of a sentence. Adjuncts have been defined as nonobligatory constructions and complements as obligatory. It was shown that the sentence behaves distributionally just as though the adjunct wasn’t there. Complementizer phrases can be adjuncts as well, having the function of defining the proposition expressed semantically in the main clause.

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