| 单词 | sentence adverb |
| 释义 | > as lemmassentence adverb sentence adverb n. Grammar an adverb used to qualify a complete sentence (see also quot. 1892). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > adverb > [noun] > specific types of adverb of quality1530 frequentative1635 adverb of manner1728 circumstance1795 submodifier1868 sentence adverb1892 downtoner?1900 sentence adverbial1964 1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. I. 127 Sentence-adverbs. The answer to the question is he here? can be either the affirmative yes or the negative no. It is evident that yes and no are sentence-modifying adverbs and at the same time sentence-words like come! John!, alas! 1916 E. A. Sonnenschein New Eng. Gram. 33 Several..adverbs..may be used to qualify the sentence as a whole; when so used they are called sentence-adverbs. 1916 E. A. Sonnenschein New Eng. Gram. 33 Some sentence-adverbs (especially ‘too’, ‘else’, ‘only’, ‘even’) may be used in such a way as to emphasize the word which stands next to them in the sentence. 1980 Amer. Speech 1976 51 168 Among the adverbs were some that are often classed together as sentence adverbs; luckily, wisely, foolishly, rightly. < as lemmas |
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