Adverbials have become an important testing ground for research on the interfaces between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The articles selected for this volume present recent research on this topic. Among the issues addressed are the occurrence of adverbials in various domains of the sentence Mittelfeld, left and right periphery, adverbials in front of gaps, and the influence of the discourse context on the interpretation and position of adverbials. Particular classes of adverbials that are discussed include domain, locative, temporal, manner, transparent, and degree adverbials. Beyond the exploration of these topics, the volume reflects the current debate between proponents of semantic-driven approaches to the positioning of adverbials which assume adverbials to be adjuncts and approaches that claim a primacy of syntax in conceiving of adverbials as specifiers in a universally valid hierarchy of functional projections. Table of contentsForeword ix Current issues in the syntax and semantics of adverbials Jennifer R. Austin, Stefan Engelberg and Gisa Rauh 1–44 Circumstantial adverbs and aspect David Adger and George Tsoulas 45–66 Optimizing adverb placement in gap constructions Eva Engels 67–101 Domain adverbs and the syntax of adjuncts Thomas Ernst 103–129 Depictives and transparent adverbs Wilhelm Geuder 131–166 Degree Phrases versus uantifier Phrases in prenominal and preverbal positions: A hybrid explanation for some distributional asymmetries Dagmar Haumann 167–203 A feature-based theory of adverb syntax Christopher Laenzlinger 205–252 Where syntax and semantics meet: Adverbial positions in the German middle field Karin Pittner 253–287 Left/right contrasts among English temporal adverbials Benjamin Shaer 289–332 Author index 333 Subject index 337