Table 3 Lexical grouping of the adverbial collocates of the verb affect
Lexical grouping | Number of collocates | Examples |
|---|---|---|
Intensity/degree and emphasis | 26 | Adversely, directly, badly, seriously, significantly, severely, profoundly, greatly, indirectly, deeply, radically, inevitably, disproportionality, strongly, worst, immediately, little, mainly, considerably, powerfully, substantially, drastically, vitally, critically, marginally, markedly |
Type/specificity | 3 | Materially, particularly, especially |
Possibility | 1 | Potentially |