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This article delves into the cognitive and semantic traits of English adverbs with the -ly suffix, which is considered one of the most active derivational patterns in the English language. The study includes morphological productivity, semantic classification, and the cognitive processes that are involved in constructing adverbial meanings, using theoretical concepts from cognitive linguistics, semantics, and English grammar studies as a basis.
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