[B-Greek] Adverb subcategory of Adjective
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Jun 22 15:45:43 EDT 2003
At 7:03 AM -0700 6/22/03, waldo slusher wrote:
>Why is Adverb a subcategory of the Adjective in the
>Friberg's Analytical GNT? Is there a grammatical
>reason?
I thought there was a thorough explanation of Friberg's categories in AGNT.
The reason, I think,would be (a) that adverbs in -WS are constructed on the
adjectival stem, and (b) neuter accusative forms of the adjective are
commonly used in an adverbial sense.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list