Adjunct

''The following is about the linguistics term; adjunct is also a adjunct (beer).'' ---- In linguistics, an adjunct is a type of adverbial illustrating the circumstances of the action expressed by the sentence it appears in. It expresses such relations as time, manner, place, frequency, reason and degree - i.e. it answers the questions: where, when, how and why - and is typically described as a semantically integrated element of the sentence. For example: I saw her yesterday. (''time adjunct'') He spoke calmly. (''manner adjunct'') It's near Boston. (''place adjunct'') She would often sing in the shower. (''frequency adjunct'') I get the front seat, because I called it. (''adjunct of reason'') You are very dumb. (''adjunct of degree'') See also conjunct disjunct (linguistics) adverbial

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Words begining with Adjunct:

Adjunct
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Adjunct_(beer)
Adjunct_Professor
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