The Frequency and Use of Communicative Verbs Show, Speak, Talk & Argue Within Adverbial Clauses in Written and Spoken Discourse

The focus of this paper is on usage of communicative verbs show, speak, talk and argue within adverbial clauses. Since adverbial clauses are used to realize time, place, manner and contingency semantic categories, the main goal of this paper is to illustrate the use of adverbial clauses that have co...

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Published in:European Journal of Language and Literature 2022-10, Vol.8 (2), p.83-104
Main Author: Tomić, Božana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adverbial clauses
communicative verbs
distribution
frequency
subordinators
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Summary:The focus of this paper is on usage of communicative verbs show, speak, talk and argue within adverbial clauses. Since adverbial clauses are used to realize time, place, manner and contingency semantic categories, the main goal of this paper is to illustrate the use of adverbial clauses that have communicative verbs show, speak, talk, and argue as verbals. The aim is to analyze the frequency and distribution of the verbs show, speak, talk and argue in all types of adverbial clauses. We will also present similarities and dissimilarities of their use in the specific adverbial clauses, and show the specific features of their use within each type of adverbial clause. We will also determine the most frequent type of adverbial clause in each register. The goal is also to present certain features of the selected verbs along with their practical use in spoken and written language. Except that, we will also determine the most frequently used subordinators that introduce all types of adverbial clauses, their use and distribution across analyzed corpus.
ISSN:2411-9598
2411-4103
DOI:10.26417/288ckm71r