concessive adverbial
- noun
- Formal
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adverbial concesivo
- 'Even though' is commonly used as a concessive adverbial in English sentences.
Examples
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A concessive adverbial often starts with 'although'.
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In English, a concessive adverbial can indicate a contrast.
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Although it was raining, the concessive adverbial shows that the picnic continued as planned.
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The student struggled to identify the concessive adverbial in the complex sentence.
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'Even though' is a common example of a concessive adverbial used to express unexpected results.
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Using 'although' as a concessive adverbial highlights the contrast between two ideas.
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The phrase 'despite the challenges' functions as a concessive adverbial in many sentences.
Synonyms
A word that connects two ideas to show contrast, like but
A part of a sentence that gives more information about when, how, or where something happens
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is fully compositional: 'concessive' (admitting or conceding an opposing point) modifies 'adverbial' (a modifying word/phrase), so the meaning 'an adverbial that introduces a concession/contrast' is directly derivable from the parts. Although the term is technical, the semantic combination follows regular grammatical naming patterns (and parallels in other languages), so a learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
Concessive adverbial combines concessive (to 'admit' or 'give in') and adverbial (a short phrase that adds to a sentence). A concessive adverbial like 'even though' admits a fact first and then shows something unexpected, which is why it signals a 'contrast'.
