著者

野原 康弘 Yasuhiro Nohara

雑誌

英米評論 = ENGLISH REVIEW (ISSN:09170200)

巻号頁・発行日

no.17, pp.49-78, 2002-12-20

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Traditionally people usually recognize adverbs by the commonest suffix -ly : absolutely, abruptly, absently, accurately, etc. There are many adverbs, however, which are not recognizable in this way : indeed, now, often, soon, etc. And there are also a lot of adjectives which have the same suffix -ly (which is called ‘adjectival -ly’): brotherly, friendly, ugly, weekly, etc. And some adverbs have two forms, each of which has a different meaning : dear