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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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