English adverbs

English adverbs are words such as so, just, how, well, also, very, even, only, really, and why that head adverb phrases, and whose most typical members function as modifiers in verb phrases and clauses, along with adjective and adverb phrases.^[1]^[2] The category is highly heterogeneous,^[3]^: 563 but a large number of the very typical members are derived from adjectives + the suffix -ly (e.g., actually, probably, especially, & finally) and modify any word, phrase or clause other than a noun.^[3]^: 57 Adverbs form an open lexical category in English.^[4] They do not typically license or function as complements in other phrases. Semantically, they are again highly various, denoting manner, degree, duration, frequency, domain, modality, and much more.^[3]^: 576 ^[5]^: 479

^ Aarts, Bas; Chalker, Sylvia; Weiner, Edmund (2014). The Oxford dictionary of English grammar (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-174444-0. OCLC 881848052.
^ This article chiefly addresses adverbs in Modern English.
^ ^a ^b ^c Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoffrey K (2002). The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43146-0.
^ Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2005). A student's introduction to English grammar. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-81551-5. OCLC 817920054.
^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:0-1] Aarts, Bas; Chalker, Sylvia; Weiner, Edmund (2014). The Oxford dictionary of English grammar (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-174444-0. OCLC 881848052.

[2] This article chiefly addresses adverbs in Modern English.

[CGEL_p.374-3] Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoffrey K (2002). The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43146-0.

[:2-4] Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (2005). A student's introduction to English grammar. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-81551-5. OCLC 817920054.

[:3-5] Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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English adverbs

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