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In linguistics, an adverbial phrase is a group of two or more words operating adverbially, meaning that their syntactic function is to modify a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. Adverbial phrases ("AdvP" in syntactic trees) are phrases that do the work of an adverb in a sentence. ==Description== Compare the following sentences: *''I'll go to bed soon''. *''I'll go to bed in an hour''. *''I'll go to bed when I've finished my book''. In the first, ''soon'' is an adverb (as distinct from a noun or verb), and it is an adverbial (as distinct from a subject or object). Clearly, in the second sentence, ''in an hour'' has the same syntactic function, though it does not contain an adverb; therefore, a phrase consisting of a preposition and a noun (preceded by its article) can function as an adverbial and is called an adverbial phrase. In the third sentence, we see a whole clause functioning as an adverbial; it is termed an adverbial clause. Like adverbs, complex adverbial can describe: # Time (answers the question 'When?') #:''She will be arriving in a short time.'' # Place (answers the question Where?') #:''She is waiting near the wall.'' # Manner (answers the question 'How?') #:''They are discussing the matter in a civilized way.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adverbial phrase」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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