Manner adverbs within the VP
Manner adverbs within the VP
Author(s): Daria ProtopopescuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: manner adverbs; word order; SVO; VSO; adverb generation
Summary/Abstract: The current paper explores mechanisms of manner adverb licensing in Romanian. The purpose of this paper is to investigate issues concerning the syntax of the manner adverbs in Romanian. The paper also briefly discusses the structure of the clause in Romanian. One task is to examine how these adverbs distribute in the clause. My aim is to provide structural positions for manner adverbs that will account for the data presented.
Journal: Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 29-39
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English