SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE IN

FORM OF ADVERB AS

HEADSITI KURNIATY RASYAD

ADVERB AS HEAD

Adverb can be explained by qualifier, adverb, noun or prepositional phrase.

1. QUALIFIERS

in grammar, a word or phrase which limits the meaning of another word or phrase, or

makes it less general, such as an adjective or adverb

EXAMPLE OF ADVERB AS HEAD PRECEDED BY QUALIFIERS

Very easilyRather slowlyHappily enough

SO, HOW SHALL WE DRAW THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF THOSE KINDS OF PHRASE IN CHINESE BOXES?

Very Slowly

Modifier (M) Head(H)

Rather Slowly

M H

2. ADVERBS

a word which describes or gives more information

about a verb, adjective, adverb or phrase

EXAMPLE OF ADVERB AS HEAD ELABORATED BY ADVERBS

Unusually eagerly

Far awaySometimes below

So, how shall we draw the syntactic structure of those kinds of phrase in chinese boxes?

Unusually eagerly

M H

Far away

MH

3. NOUNS

a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event,

substance or quality

EXAMPLE OF ADVERB AS HEAD PRECEDED BY NOUNS

A foot away That easily Some way up

So, how shall we draw the syntactic structure of those kinds of phrase in chinese boxes?

A foot away M H

•M H

4. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

Prepositional: in grammar, a word which is used before a noun, a

noun phrase or a pronoun, connecting it to another word.

Phrase: a group of words which is part rather than the whole of a

sentence or a short group of words which are often used

together and have a particular meaning.

EXAMPLE OF ADVERB AS HEAD EXPLAINED PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

Away for a week Behind in his work Outside in the cold As rapidly as a train

SO, HOW SHALL WE DRAW THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF THOSE KINDS OF PHRASE IN CHINESE BOXES?

Away for a weekM H

H M

As rapidly as a train

H M

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