Is 動詞修飾副詞 a grammatical term?


I'm reading a paper about linguistics when it comes to learning a second
language. I came across this sentence:

> 典型的な **動詞修飾副詞** であることと、その基本位置は用言の前であり、移動範囲は述部内であることがわかった。

I have tried searching for a definition of 動詞修飾副詞 but can't come up with
anything, and my grasp on grammar is pretty weak to begin with so it's not
ringing any bells. I literally break down the compound to mean "verb" +
"modify" + "adverb", which still doesn't make sense to me as I'm not aware of
any adverbs that modify verbs, but again, my grammar knowledge isn't up to
snuff. Would appreciate any ideas on this to learn this concept, thanks.




Yes and no, I would say.

'Yes', in the sense that the term seems to exist, and 'no', in the sense that
it is not a very commonly-used term. In fact, this is probably the first time
I have heard the term 「[動詞修飾副詞]{どうししゅうしょくふくし}」. The only reason that the term
"feels" kind of familiar despite the fact that I may not have heard it before
would be that its meaning is completely self-explanatory -- 「動詞を修飾する副詞」

Assuming that you are talking about Japanese grammar, the far more common term
is 「[状態副詞]{じょうたいふくし}」. Those are adverbs that mostly, if not exclusively,
modify verbs such as 「やっと」、「すぐに」、「わざわざ」, etc. These adverbs describe how one
performs an action, how something happens, etc.

状態副詞 do not modify adjectives. There may be exceptional cases but I could not
think of one at the moment. It would be super-rare.

