In Broadly conceived, linguistics is the study of human language, and a linguist is someone who engages in this study. ...linguistics, a disjunct is a type of An adverb is a part of speech that normally serves to modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, clauses, and sentences. ...adverbial that expresses information that is not considered essential to the sentence it appears in, but which is considered to be the speaker's or writer's attittude towards the In modern philosophy, logic and linguistics, a proposition is what is asserted as the result of uttering a declarative sentence. ...propositional content of the sentence. For instance:

Honestly, I didn't do it.

Fortunately for you, I have it right here.

In my opinion, the green one is better.

Sometimes, it may be difficult to distinguish between disjuncts and adjuncts as in the case of She sang beautifully in the shower, where beautifully is ambiguous; does it refer to the manner in which she sang or the way I judge her singing?

See also In linguistics, an adjunct is a type of adverbial illustrating the circumstances of the action. ...adjunct conjunct An adverb is a part of speech that normally serves to modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, clauses, and sentences. ...adverbial