adjunct

Examples

• All

• In the sentence, the word "quickly" serves as an adjunct, providing extra information about how the action is performed.

• Where the function is that of adjunct, it depends very much on the semantic category of the adjunct whether foregrounding is possible.

  Blog text (7)

• This question is directed to the what ideas Dunbar may have had about the importance of the visual of photographs as adjuncts to his text.

• The result showed that students exposed to a science flow diagram with inserted adjunct study questions after the diagram significantly outperformed those students exposed to a science flow diagram with inserted adjunct study questions before the diagram and those in the control group.

  Academic text (2008)

• This portion of the examination excludes looking at the language of a passage and focuses instead on how the text is organized, how many and what types of illustrations or graphics are included, and whether the text has adjunct assists like focus questions or vocabulary definitions.

  Academic text (1998)

• In a related study, (Ehindero 1985) investigated the effects of adjunct study questions inserted before or after the presentation of science textual material on the achievement and retention of students who differed in levels of intellectual development.

  Academic text (2008)

• Using "without hesitation" as an adjunct enhances the clarity of the statement by indicating the manner of the action.

Antonyms

E

essential

50 2.4

Things you need for a purpose, like food or water

M

main clause

• Specialized

1 3.2

A part of a sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence

Surface Forms

Etymology