THE SEMANTIC FUNCTIONS OF ADVERBIAL ING-PARTICIPLE CLAUSES AND TH...

2.2. The semantic functions of adverbial ing-participle clauses and the

interpretation those into Vietnamese

As we know, adverbial clauses have many subtypes such as: adverbial clauses of

time, clauses of reason, clauses of result, clauses of purpose, clauses of place,

clauses of condition, clauses of concession, clauses of manner. Similarly.

Adverbial ing-participle clauses have a wide range of functions in terms of

semantic field: expressing time, expressing reason, expressing result, expressing

condition, expressing concession and further more, adverbial ing-participle clauses

can be used to express time and condition, time and reason.