Lexico-Syntactic Classes of Adverbs

Qualifying adv in both l-s may be qualitative (badly, fast, slowly, well ) or those denoting manner of action (unawares, upside-down, topsy-turvy, by chance).

Qualitative adv also include adv of degree (denoting thedegree of a quantity: almost, entirely, too, rather, enough, almost). These adv in Eng. and Uk. express the intensity of an action or quantity.

Qualitative adv in both l-s may be used in the comparative and superlative degrees. They are formed with the help of synthetic (-er, -est; -ше, -іше, -чій) or analytical means. Unlike Eng, however, pref. in Uk. are also used to form the superlative degree of qualitative adv (най-, щонай-, якнай-).

The analytical: auxiliary words (adv, particles): more, most, still more, less, least, still less in Eng and their equivalent adv and particles in Uk, eg: quickly, quicklier, quickliest, more quickly/less quickly, least quickly: slowly, more slowly, less/ least slowly; In Uk ясно, ясніше, найясніше, (най)більш/менш ясно, (ще, трохи, набагато) ясніше.

A separate group in both l-s constitute suppletive adv, whose grading is generally achieved by synthetic means, eg: well, better, best; little, less, least;. Such adv are fewer in Uk: добре, краще, найкраще, погано, гірше, найгірше.

A particular (allomorphic for Eng) feature of many Uk qualitative adv is their ability to take diminutive suffixes (-еньк-, -есеньк-, юсіньк-, -ечк-, -очк-) and become diminutive: гарно - гарненько - гарнесенько - гарнюсінько — гарнюньо, etc.

Note. Uk adv are often characterized by a shifting stress that differs from that in the word the adverb is derived from.

Qualitative adv in both l-s include large groups of adv of manner, quantity or degree, which have corresponding equivalents in Uk, eg: aloud, upside down, in turn, almost, enough, very — вголос, догори дном, по черзі, майже, досить, дуже.

The 2^nd large common group= adv denoting different circumstances. They are:

1) adv of time: now, always, then, today, tomorrow, just, so far, sooner or later; 2) adv of frequency/repetition of an action: always, daily, frequently, twice, usually; 3) adv and adverbial phrases of place or direction of an action: here, there, inside, inwards, outside, somewhere, nowhere, to and fro, etc.; 4) a small group of adv in both contrasted l-s is presented by those expressing cause and purpose. Eg.: rashly; headlong.

An isomorphic feature is the existence in both l-s ofa large group of pronominal adv some of which are not available in Eng. Among these are: 1) interrogative and relative adv: where, when, why, how -; 2) demonstrative adv: there, here, then, so -; 3) complementing adv: always, everywhere, sometimes, otherwise -; 4) negative adv (more numerous in Uk): nowhere, never; 5) indefinite adv which are more numerous in Uk as well: ever, somehow, somewhere, erewhile -, etc.

Note. Allomorphic for Eng is the group of the so-called "personal pronouns" adv available only in Uk. (по-моєму, no-їхньому, and the reflexive adverb по-своєму). Their lexical equivalents in Eng are adverbial phrases like "in my opinion/ in my judgment, in your opinion, etc."

+Allomorph.: some adv of comparison and likening as соколом, стрілою, зозулею, по-новому etc. In Eng their equivalents are adverbial phrases like like a falcon (соколом), in a new fashion, etc.

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