Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

constituintes de status adverbial

English translation:

constituents regarded as adverbs

Added to glossary by zabrowa
Jun 17, 2007 15:56
17 yrs ago
Portuguese term

constituintes de status adverbial

Portuguese to English Science Linguistics verbs
Essa interpretação está de acordo com o comportamento de outros constituintes morfológicos do verbo, sobretudo os constituintes de status adverbial os quais apresentam uma ordem ‘relativamente’ fixa

This interpretation agrees with the behavior of the other morphological constitutents of the verb, above all the constituents of adverbial status, which have a ‘relatively’ fixed order.

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constituents regarded as adverbs

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1,430 examples of "regarded as adverbs."

... and he was brilliant in showing why **the impersonal verbal forms dei and khre cannot be regarded as adverbs**. Throughout the four books of his treatise, ...
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213 examples of "adverbial status." It sounds strange to me, but it's probably not wrong.
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constituents of adverbial status

b (Ling) constituent

I like your entire rendition in this case.

Mike :)
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