Saturday, July 21, 2007

Adverbial phrase

An adverbial phrase is a linguistic term for a phrase with an adverb as head. The term is used in syntax.

Adverbial phrases can consist of a single adverb or more than one. Extra adverbs are called intensifiers. An adverbial phrase can modify a verb phrase, an adjectival phrase or an entire clause.

Examples of adverbial phrases in English:

* oddly enough
* very nicely
* quickly

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