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

196 Amanda Pounder
Here, the preverbal adverbs have the -ly suffix, while the second coordination
structure, following the verb, allows the zero form in the first conjunct. However,
we also find examples in which a minority pattern containing a zero adverb is
found in preverbal position, as in (25).
(25) a. (=19a) Therfor the seyd Mair and Aldirmen, … thurgh such falsnes in tyme
comyng myght lightly and causeles renne in sclaundre …
b. (=3) … I willing and cheerfully submit
*might causeless ADV run and *I willing ADV submit are not grammatical at any point
in Modern English. The adverbs in question should therefore not be available under
paradigmatic selection. Some of the Present-day English examples of adverbial
coordination, too, show zero adverbs preverbally, given in (26).
(26) a. (=22e) Both models capture flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, silent and
discreetly using pheromone impregnated glue pads.
b. (=22g) 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.
c. (=22h) didn’t I willing and cheerfully let them interview me?
Here again, the corresponding expressions with one zero adverb are not grammatical:
*Marie willing assumed the responsibility, *didn’t I willing let them interview
me?, and then with a participial construction, *silent using pheremone-impregnated
glue pads. These facts point to morphological brachylogy/ellipsis being used at
least some of the time.
It is conceivable that the paradigmatic selection option would be more likely
where the lexical frequency of zero-adverb is high, or in an informal register where
the conversion option might be more likely to be taken advantage of generally, but
that in other cases, brachylogy is invoked. At least for Modern English, it is not
only paradigmatic selection of a zero form that is a systemic possibility: morphological
brachylogy also plays a role in the word-formation system. That is, brachylogy
is available for compounds and to some extent in derivational morphology, as
in (27), so it could be suggested that it is used here likewise.
(27 = (2)) a. we can’t choose between socio- and psycholinguistics
b. a heart- and soulless organization
However, I have not as yet been able to establish that brachylogy was common in Early
Modern English; still, it seems to be available for adverbial coordination. Should one
then move completely to the other side and assume brachylogy in all cases? I think
not, for as already pointed out, paradigmatic selection will be needed in any event.
In the following section, we will place the phenomenon of asymmetric coordination
of adverbs against a background of asymmetric form in other languages.