1887
Volume 1, Issue 2
  • ISSN 2950-189X
  • E-ISSN: 2950-1881

Abstract

Abstract

It has been known since Barbiers (2001) that ‘enough’ can turn predicate adverbs into sentence adverbs. When occurs in a sentence adverbial phrase, it is syntactically obligatory, but makes little to no semantic contribution:

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    Kees has weird *(enough) not weird enough danced



    ‘Weirdly, Kees didn’t dance weirdly enough.’

In this paper, I analyse the external and internal syntax of such adverbs. Using Cinque’s (1999) adverbial hierarchy, I observe that enough support splits into and . Next, I nuance the accepted theory that in adverbial phrases is an affix: only is a full-fledged affix; regular enough is an affixoid. Finally, I analyse the internal syntax of . I suggest that a Sentence Predicate Projection is needed for the formation of sentence adverbials.

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