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Explorer Arguments and Adjuncts

In this chapter it is outlined how the notions of argument and adjunct are used in syntax, and why it is considered useful to distinguish the two. First, arguments will be introduced. The distinction between syntactic arguments and semantic arguments will be outlined, as well as the possible relationships between the two. Then modifiers are introduced, and it is shown that the problem of how to integrate these into syntactic structure can lead to the notion of a syntactic adjunct. Finally, the various syntactic differences between arguments and adjuncts that have been claimed to exist are examined.