Adverbs And Semantic Inferences

1. L. K a r t t u n e n ( K a r t t u n e n 1970, 1971) demons t r a t ed t h a t i n E n g l i s h t h e r e e x i s t s i x c l a s s e s o f p r e d i c a t e s t h a t d i f f e r as f o r t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p s h o l d i n g be tween the p r e d i c a t e and i t s s e n t e n t i a l complement: f a c t i v e s , p o s i t i v e and n e g a t i v e two-way i m p l i o a t i v e s , p o s i t i v e and n e g a t i v e one-way i m p l i c a t i v e s , and non-determlnatlves. H. 8ira (~im 1974) validated the classification for the Estonian lansuage. K & ~ drew their evidence from verbs and adjectives. Now a question poses itself: do the • principles underlying their classification hold also for ~ d v e r b s , and i f y e s , do t h e y e x h i b i t any d i f f e r e n c e s i n comp a r i s o n w i t h v e r b s and a d j e c t i v e s .