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The Syntactic Hierarchy and Flexibility of Adverbial Placement in English Nwogu, Aaron Ogbonnah
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 12, No 2 (2024)
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This research investigates the syntactic placement of adverb phrases (AdvPs) within the clausal structure of English sentences, adapting frameworks from the study of Hindi adverbials to better understand the ordering of English adverbs. The study classifies adverbs into five primary categories based on their syntactic positions: Speech act, epistemic, and evaluative adverbs (Class I); tense-related adverbs (Class II); irrealis mood adverbs (Class III); necessity, frequency, and volitional adverbs (Class IV); and manner adverbs (Class V). By analyzing the hierarchical ordering of adverbs, this research highlights the structural framework of English sentences and examines the semantic functions of adverbs in shaping sentence meaning and tone. While the general hierarchical order is predominantly followed, the study also explores exceptions due to semantic compatibility and pragmatic factors, revealing the flexibility of adverbial placement. The findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the syntactic flexibility of adverbial placement in English and provide insights into how adverbial phrases function cohesively within discourse to influence the interpretation of meaning.
Correlatives and Comparative Correlatives in Angika: Syntactic Structures and Quantificational Nature Nwogu, Aaron Ogbonnah
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 12, No 1 (2024)
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This study examines Correlatives and Comparative Correlatives in Angika, with a focus on their syntactic and quantificational properties. Building on Cinque’s (2014) unified structure of relative clauses, I explore its applicability to correlatives in Angika and argue for the presence of a right-adjoined unpronounced Degree head in Comparative Correlatives, following Bhatt and Pancheva’s (2004) analysis of comparatives. Our analysis highlights a matching effect between the relativiser and the demonstrative in Comparative Correlatives, positing that these elements function as syntactic constituents with inherent quantificational features. While Comparative Correlatives share the macrostructure of Correlatives, as argued by den Dikken (2006), I propose a distinct syntactic structure to account for their differences. Additionally, we demonstrate that prior analyses of Comparative Correlatives have been tailored to specific languages and determiner functions, necessitating a broader approach to account for Angika's unique constructions. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of the syntactic and comparative mechanisms within the Indo-Aryan family, particularly in Angika, where correlativisation remains a dominant relativization strategy.
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