Unlike the notion of "argument," that is central to modern linguistic theorizing, the phenomena that are commonly subsumed under the complementary notion "adjunct" so far have not attracted the attention they deserve. In this volume, leading experts in the field present current approaches to the grammar and pragmatics of adjuncts.The contributions scrutinize i.a. the argument-adjunct distinction, specify conditions of adjunct placement, discuss compositionality issues, and propose new analyses of event-related modification. They are meant to shed new light on an area of linguistic structure that is deemed to be notoriously murky.From the contents:Part A: The argument-adjunct distinctionDavid DowtyThe dual analysis of adjuncts/complements in Categorial GrammarBarbara H. Partee and Vladimir BorschevGenitives, relational nouns, and argument-modifier ambiguityManfred BierwischHeads, complements, adjuncts: Projection and saturationPart B: Adjunct placementWerner FreySyntactic conditions on adjunct classesBenjamin Shaer "Manner" adverbs and the association theory: Some problems and solutionsRegine EckardtManner adverbs and information structure: Evidence from the adverbial modification of verbs of creationThomas ErnstSemantic features and the distribution of adverbsInger RosengrenClause-final left-adjunctionPart C: Case Studies on wieder/againKarin PittnerProcess, eventuality and wieder/againGerhard Jäger and Reinhard BlutnerCompetition and interpretation: The German adverb wieder ('again')Arnim von StechowHow are results represented and modified? Remarks on Jäger & Blutners's anti-decomositionPart D: Flexibility of eventuality-related modificationGraham KatzEvent arguments, adverb selection, and the Stative Adverb GapClaudia Maienborn Event-internal modifiers: Semantic underspecification and conceptual interpretationJohannes DöllingFlexibility in adverbial modification: Reinterpretation as contextual enrichmentSusan RothsteinSecondary predication and aspectual structureAssinja Demjjanow and Anatoli StriginReal adjuncts in the Instrumental in RussianIlse ZimmermannGerman participle II constructions as adjuncts