Which grammatical functions do the following sentences represent?


1. They visit her every month.

2. Frankly, I’m tired.

3. Naturally, she came to the party with her husband.

4. My age is against me; still, it’s worth a try.

5. I did reasonably well, all in all.

6. She kindly offered me her seat.

7. She offered me her seat kindly.

8. There he was, waiting in the cold.

9. Here is the book.

10. He’s a bit stubborn. I like him a lot, though.

11. To put it briefly, there’s nothing I can do to help.

12. Funnily enough, I was starting to like the idea.

13. I still haven’t spoken to him.


Key:   1. adjunct,

2. style disjunct

3. content disjunct

4. conjunct (concessive)

5. conjunct (summative)

6. subjunct

7. adjunct

8. adjunct

9. adjunct

10. conjunct (concessive)

11. style disjunct

12. content disjunct

13. subjunct