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Adverbial phrase logo #21000 An adverbial phrase is a linguistic term for a group of two or more words operating adverbially, when viewed in terms of their syntactic function. Adverbial phrases (`AdvP` in syntactic trees) are phrases that do the work of an adverb in a sentence. Compare the following sentences: In the first, soon is an adverb (as distinct from a noun or verb.....
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adverbial phrase

adverbial phrase logo #21221Group of words that modifies the meaning of an adverb. Words before the adverb are `premodifers` and after `postmodifers`. Adverbial phrases can, in turn, modify another adverb or an adjective
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