Abstract
This article concerns adverbs that end in -ly (henceforth -ly adverbs), such as probably and carefully. Unlike previous analyses, it is proposed that -ly adverbs may move at LF to be licensed in the checking domain of an appropriate head. Furthermore, it is assumed that appropriate licensers of adverbs are Modepistemic, Modroot, Asp(ect) and V-v. Based on the proposals, it is shown that the otherwise puzzling facts about scopal ambiguity and the distribution of adverbs are naturally explained.
