Moluch conf phil 2015-03. indd

Types of the adverbial modifiers used in E. Hemingway’s 
«Fiesta»
According to their meaning we distinguish the following 
kinds of adverbial modifiers.
1. The adverbial modifier of 
time.
a) Adverbial modifiers of definite time usually stand at the 
very end of the sentence. (at the very beginning before the 
subject).
On Monday nights it was closed. [E. Hemingway “Fi-
esta” p.25]
b) Adverbial modifiers of indefinite time usually stand be-
fore the main verb of the predicate.
… he never fought except in the gym. [E. Hemingway 
“Fiesta” p.11]
2. The adverbial modifier of 
frequency.
One night a week it was the dancing — club [E. 
Hemingway “Fiesta” p.25]
3. The adverbial modifier of 
place and direction. They 
usually stand after the predicate or after the object.
The dancing — club was in the Rue de la Montagne 
Sainte Genevieve. [E. Hemingway “Fiesta” p.25]
4. The adverbial modifier of 
manner.
I drank a beer, standing in the doorway and getting the 
cool breath of wind from the street. [E. Hemingway “Fi-
esta” p.25]
5. The adverbial modifier of 
attendant circumstances.
She looked up, very bright-eyed and trying to talk in-
consequentially. [E. Hemingway “Fiesta” p.49]
6. The adverbial modifier of 
degree and measure. They 
usually stand before the words they modify.
He had a lot of money on his last book, and was going 
to make a lot more. [E. Hemingway “Fiesta” p.67]
7. The adverbial modifier of 
cause.
As he had been thinking for months about leaving his 
wife and had not done it because it would be too cruel to 
deprive her of himself, her departure was a very healthful 
shock. 
8. The adverbial modifier of