Adverbial clauses

AnonymousHello, I am studying for my exam of English syntax and I have some problems. Could you please give me an example of restrictive and non-restrictive adverbial clause and also -ing concessive clause? I can not find them anywhere. I would be very glad if you could help me.

In Bristol, there is a house where I lived as a child. (A restricti

AnonymousIn Bristol, there is a house where I lived as a child. (A restrictive adverbial clause of place.)
It was in 1980, the year when I was born. (A non-restrictive adverbial clause of time.)

But these are not adverbial clauses, they are restrictive relative clauses modifying the nouns 'house' and 'year'. Adverbia

BillJAdverbial clauses typically modify verbs

Hi, Bill.
That was my thought. It seems like a good functional definition.
I notice that this year it's very popular to say "X is an adverbial." Drives me crazy!

The poster asks for very specific things. I've struggled for three years to understand which terms define a phras

@ BillJ

Not only relative pronouns but also relative adverbs such as where, when introduce relative clauses. So the question is: What kind of the clause are the relatives clauses where I lived as a child and when I was born ? Are they adjectival or noun clauses? In my opinion, they are not. Are they adverbials? In my opinion, they are. Now, the function

I find it curious. In the example sentences, both "where" and "when" are relative pronouns which are nouns.
How do you see one being restrictive and the other not?

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dimsumexpress I believe both are restrictive without a comma.

I agree with you, dimsum. That struck me when I first read it, but it slipped through the cracks.
To be restrictive, the comma would have to come after "year," and then it would make no sense.
I take "the year when I was born" as an appositive, and "when I was born" as a restrictive relat

When and where in my sentences are relative adverbs. Full stop. You've removed the comma from my original post and tried to put me into your syntactic shoes. I strongly disagree.

AnonymousIn Bristol, there is a house where I lived as a child.
It was in 1980, the year, when I was born.
He went to work despite being ill.

You're right about the comma in the second one, Anon. I apologize.
Now that I've gone back to the original, I remember seeing the two commas in that sentence.

Perhaps Bill instinctively remo

I agree.

You are right! I copied it without the comma. My mistake as well!

That said, I am with you. This sounds funny to me.

<<<I'm still not comfortable with the analysis.
It was in 1980, the year, when I was born.>>>

It sounds better