Selected Papers from the Fourteenth International ... - STIBA Malang

192 Amanda Pounder
minority asymmetric pattern X and Y-ly does occur also. Examples such as (21)
are not infrequent; here we may interpret the structure as ly-affixation to the phrase
plain and simple.
(21) a. Plain & simply he called you an idiot!
Intelligence 10/27/06 http://www.zdnet.com/
b. Writing Plain and Simply
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag-teamb/2006May/0037.html
c. Plain and Simply Put … (11/3/2006)
http://news.com.com/5208-1028-0.html
To this native speaker ear, at least, ?plainly and simply is indeed jarring. (21) indicates
that there may be a difference between the natural, frequent coordination of
a pair of adverbs (cf. Wälchli 2005), and a more arbitrary collocation of a pair, as
in the examples in (22).
(22) a. A good analogy would be that of flying a small airplane, if the controls
are handled smooth and gently the plane moves in a smooth and easy
manner … http://www.physicaltherapy.org/macy2/
b. Accelerate as smooth and gently as possible, trying to stay below
1800 rpm’s. http://www.hybridcars.com/gas-saving-tips/maximizing-
mileage-ford-escape-hybrid.html
c. The best photojournalists try to work quiet and discreetly. People act more
like themselves when they are unaware that they are being photographed.
http://www.richardrooks.com/
d. A J2ME application that allows to read last news on your mobile phone from
your preferred site, simple and directly
http://www.symbiangear.com/product.html
e. Both models capture flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, silent and discreetly
using pheremone impregnated glue pads.
http://www.mosquito-zapper.com/glueboard_flytraps. htm
f. First and foremost, I thank our Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator,
Grace Tan (USF MBA candidate 2007 and deans fellow) who worked
tireless and cheerfully for months preparing the logistics for the event.
http://www.usfca.edu/sobam/nvc/bpc/
g. Even though she was already serving as our Society’s treasurer last year,
Marie willing and cheerfully assumed the responsibility for the Newsletter
when that position became vacant. (11/11/2006)
www.geocities.com/mcgstx/Newsletter.pdf
h. … didn’t I willing and cheerfully let them interview me?
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?Item=609
The examples in (22) suggest that asymmetric coordination of adverbs may occasionally
occur in spite of there not being a structural norm providing for it in
Present-day English. This in turn suggests that, pending further evidence, there