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adverbial disjunct

Language; General language

An adverb that modifies either a whole sentence or an independent clause.

adverbial function

Language; General language

The role that adverbs play in a sentence, i.e. that of answering the questions how? , when?, where?, why?, and to what extent?.

adverbial genitive

Language; General language

A noun declined in the genitive case that functions as an adverb.

adverbial particle

Language; General language

A particle that functions as an adverb (i.e. it modifies a verb or another adverb).

adverb preposing

Language; General language

The construction in which an adverb that is usually placed inside a verb phrase instead appears at its beginning.

adversative passive

Language; General language

A construction found in languages such as Japanese that is used to express acts that have unfavourable effects on something or someone.

affectum

Language; General language

A direct object that exists prior to the action denoted in its clause, e.g. the word house in the clause Jack painted the house.

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