dative + adverb constructions

[Jules Levin]

At 02:07 PM 4/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
  Are we missing
>something here?  Is the concept of adverb different with regard Russian
>than English?  Or is this "khorosho" a short form predicate adjective?  I'd
>very much appreciate any thoughts on this off-line.

I think Lithuanian is instructive here, since its syntax can parallel
Slavic turns in an interesting way.  The Dative construction uses what is
probably historically a neuter "short form", although the neuter is lost:
man gera = mne xorosho.  The endings are cognates.  But the true adverb
remains different in form:  gerai dirba = xorosho rabotaet
 In short, the adjectival forms in Dat impersonal constructions are NOT
adverbs.

Jules Levin