Sentence examples for Adverbial constructions from inspiring English sources

In the last section, there is a cursory analysis of some short sentences including adverbial constructions [lupus est in fabula] and some liturgical formulae [patris et filii et spiritus sancti, ita missa est].

Whether the sage would be virtuous is perhaps moot; what Epicurus says is that he would live virtuously, that is prudently, honorably, and justly (the adverbial construction may be significant).

The first type involves low adverbial verb constructions.

Mayrinax low adverbial verb constructions exhibit properties of both Siraya types and Paiwan types (cf. Chang 2010).

In low adverbial verb constructions, the first verb is always an adverbial verb, such as manner and frequency adverbials, and the second verb is a lexical verb.

Chang (2010) indicated that adverbial verb constructions (AVCs) are heterogeneous and vary from one language to another in their structural representations.

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(Low adverbial verb construction)   b.

Open image in new window Fig. 10 NAV adverbial verb construction in Example (82).

An NAV adverbial verb construction like that in 82 represents a restructuring process where long-distance object movement is attested.