<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper compares the usage of derivational and phrasal adverbial expressions of manner in English and Romanian. It also points to possible translational and learning problems due to selection peculiarities in the two languages. Both English as well as some of the Romance languages (among others French, Italian, Spanish), use both simple adverbs of manner (e.g. well) and derivational adverbs formed by adding a suffix to an adjective (e.g. poorly vs -mente adverbs in Romance). </p></abstract>

This paper compares the usage of derivational and phrasal adverbial expressions of manner in English and Romanian. It also points to possible translational and learning problems due to selection peculiarities in the two languages. Both English as well as some of the Romance languages (among others French, Italian, Spanish), use both simple adverbs of manner (e.g. well) and derivational adverbs formed by adding a suffix to an adjective (e.g. poorly vs -mente adverbs in Romance).

Derivational Versus Phrasal Adverbials of Manner

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This paper compares the usage of derivational and phrasal adverbial expressions of manner in English and Romanian. It also points to possible translational and...

Derivational Versus Phrasal Adverbials of Manner

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 29 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0004

Keywords
manner adverbs, phrasal adverbials of manner, derivational adverbials of manner

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Derivational Versus Phrasal Adverbials of Manner

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 29 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0004

Keywordsmanner adverbs, phrasal adverbials of manner, derivational adverbials of manner

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
manner adverbs, phrasal adverbials of manner, derivational adverbials of manner