ADJUNCTS OF RESPECT

1. Definition:Adjuncts of respect are adjuncts that express the respect in which the truth value of a sentence is being claimed.2. Position in a sentence:Respect adjuncts were found to occur in end position in over 80% of the cases. A small handful occur in medial position, mainly as a consequence of the syntactic weight of a following obligatory constituent.3. Examples:a) The finding of Rothwell (1985, p.375) are not encouraging in this regard, showing decisions on technology to be usually top-down in character, to the extent that supervisors and end-users are often the last to know about the nature of the changes proposes.b) We thanked them for a lovely evening.c) He is working in a (nearby) factory.

ADJUNCTS OF CONTIGENCY

1. Definition:With contingency relations, adjuncts are often used for reason and its correlate purpose, both of which can be elicited by the same question forms, Why? What.for?2. Classification:a) Reason adjuncts:- As well as by finite clauses, reason adjuncts are realized by prepositional phrases and nonfinite clauses- Examples: She died of cancer He bought the book because of his interest in Maths With him being so nice to me, I cant help falling in love with him.b) Purpose adjuncts: Purpose adjuncts are realized by nonfinite clauses. For example: He goes to the gym every day to keep fit. Shes having a low cab diet in order to lose weight. Purpose adjuncts can also be realized by finite clauses. For example: We should bring an umbrella in case it rains Im taking an English course, so that I will improve my English faster.c) Result adjuncts:Used to show a result of effect.Examples: It rained so heavily that we couldnt go out. We felt hungry, so we stopped to have some sandwiches.d) Conditional adjuncts:Examples: If you lend me some money, Ill pay it back to you soon. You can be absent from school provided that you do all the home work. I dont care who you are or where youre from as long as you love me.e) Concession adjuncts:When the concessive relation is expressed by an adjunct, this takes the form of a prepositional phrase.Examples: He went to class although he was sick. He bought the ring for her despite his lack of money. Are you somewhere feeling lonely even though hes right beside you?