ADJUNCTS OF RESPECT

1. Definition:
Adjuncts of respect are adjuncts that express the respect in
which the truth value of a sentence is being claimed.
2. Position in a sentence:
Respect adjuncts were found to occur in end position in over
80% of the cases. A small handful occur in medial position,
mainly as a consequence of the syntactic weight of a following
obligatory constituent.
3. Examples:
a) The finding of Rothwell (1985, p.375) are not encouraging in
this regard, showing decisions on technology to be usually
top-down in character, to the extent that supervisors and
end-users are often the last to know about the nature of the
changes proposes.
b) We thanked them for a lovely evening.
c) He is working in a (nearby) factory.

ADJUNCTS OF CONTIGENCY
1. Definition:
With contingency relations, adjuncts are often used for reason
and its correlate purpose, both of which can be elicited by the
same question forms, Why? What.for?
2. Classification:
a) Reason adjuncts:
- As well as by finite clauses, reason adjuncts are realized by
prepositional phrases and nonfinite clauses
- Examples:
She died of cancer
He bought the book because of his interest in Maths
With him being so nice to me, I cant help falling in love
with him.
b) Purpose adjuncts:
- Purpose adjuncts are realized by nonfinite clauses. For
example:
He goes to the gym every day to keep fit.
Shes having a low cab diet in order to lose weight.
- Purpose adjuncts can also be realized by finite clauses. For
example:
We should bring an umbrella in case it rains

 Im taking an English course, so that I will improve my

English faster.
c) Result adjuncts:
Used to show a result of effect.
Examples:
It rained so heavily that we couldnt go out.
We felt hungry, so we stopped to have some
sandwiches.
d) Conditional adjuncts:
Examples:
If you lend me some money, Ill pay it back to you soon.
You can be absent from school provided that you do all
the home work.
I dont care who you are or where youre from as long
as you love me.
e) Concession adjuncts:
When the concessive relation is expressed by an adjunct,
this takes the form of a prepositional phrase.
Examples:
He went to class although he was sick.
He bought the ring for her despite his lack of money.
Are you somewhere feeling lonely even though hes
right beside you?