Adjunct vs Adverbial - What's the difference?
adjunct | adverbial |
An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
* Shakespeare
A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".
(rhetoric) Symploce.
(dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
(syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
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Connected in a subordinate function.
* Shakespeare
Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
(grammar) of or relating to an adverb
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In grammar terms the difference between adjunct and adverbial
is that adjunct is a dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while" while adverbial is an adverbial word or phrase.As nouns the difference between adjunct and adverbial
is that adjunct is an appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity while adverbial is an adverbial word or phrase.As adjectives the difference between adjunct and adverbial
is that adjunct is connected in a subordinate function while adverbial is of or relating to an adverb.adjunct
English
(wikipedia adjunct)Noun
(en noun)- Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
- (Wotton)
- We can see from (34) that Determiners are sisters of N-bar and daughters of
N-double-bar; Adjuncts' are both sisters and daughters of N-bar; and Comple-
ments are sisters of N and daughters of N-bar. This means that '''Adjuncts''' re-
semble Complements in that both are daughters of N-bar; but they differ from
Complements in that '''Adjuncts''' are sisters of N-bar, whereas Complements are
sisters of N. Likewise, it means that '''Adjuncts''' resemble Determiners in that
both are sisters of N-bar, but they differ from Determiners in that ' Adjuncts
are daughters of N-bar, whereas Determiners are daughters of N-double-bar.
Derived terms
* adjuncthood * adjunctiveAdjective
(en adjective)- Though that my death were adjunct to my act.
adverbial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And in (123) below, a (bracketed) Adverbial Phrase has undergone WH MOVEMENT:
(123) (a) [How quickly''] will he drink the beer —?
(123) (b) [''How carefully''] did he plan his campaign —?
(123) (c) [''How well ] did he treat her —?