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ON DEPICTIVES, MANNER AND TRANSPARENT ADVERBS IN ENGLISH AND ROMANIAN
ON DEPICTIVES, MANNER AND TRANSPARENT ADVERBS IN ENGLISH AND ROMANIAN

Author(s): Daria Protopopescu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: adverbial morphology; object depictives; manner adverbs; pseudo-clefting; subject depictives; transparent adverbs

Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates the contrast between VP-adjoined adjectives (the so-called ‘depictives’) and adverbial forms in English, which is manifest under the form of minimal pairs: John left sad vs. John left sadly. The two forms are often difficult to tell apart, in spite of what one might expect. Following Geuder (2004), the author also makes an attempt at analyzing Romanian manner and transparent adverbs as well.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 293-303
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English
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