CASE STUDY OF ADVERB OCCURRENCES AND THEIR POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE READERS’ OPINION
CASE STUDY OF ADVERB OCCURRENCES AND THEIR POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE READERS’ OPINION

Summary/Abstract: When writers feel the need to persuade the readers to a particular point of view, they employ specific techniques, structures, as well as explicit parts of speech. The present article attempts to show that adverbs are an important part of this process, occurring essentially when journalists need to evaluate the accuracy of deeds or observations and present them compellingly enough so that they can stand a validity test from the part of potential readers. Two newspaper articles have been chosen, from a tabloid and a ‘highbrow’ newspaper, respectively, to illustrate how a specific style of presentation influences adverb occurrence as well as its distribution and lexical realization.

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