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EspañolADVERBIAL PHRASE
An 'adverbial phrase' is a linguistic term for a phrase with an adverb as head. The term is used in syntax.
Adverbial phrases can consist of a single adverb or more than one. Extra adverbs are called intensifiers. An adverbial phrase can modify a verb phrase, an adjectival phrase or an entire clause.
Examples of adverbial phrases in English:
★ ''oddly enough''
★ ''very nicely''
★ ''quickly''
Other syntactic phrase types can also function adverbially, like the prepositional and verb participle phrases below:
★ ''in a happy way''
★ ''happily working''
★ ''having found the road to happiness''
★ phrase structure rules
★ transformational-generative grammar
★ structural linguistics
★ semantics
Adverbial phrases can consist of a single adverb or more than one. Extra adverbs are called intensifiers. An adverbial phrase can modify a verb phrase, an adjectival phrase or an entire clause.
Examples of adverbial phrases in English:
★ ''oddly enough''
★ ''very nicely''
★ ''quickly''
| Contents |
| Adverbial function |
| See also |
Adverbial function
Other syntactic phrase types can also function adverbially, like the prepositional and verb participle phrases below:
★ ''in a happy way''
★ ''happily working''
★ ''having found the road to happiness''
See also
★ phrase structure rules
★ transformational-generative grammar
★ structural linguistics
★ semantics
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