fuzzy category

fuzzy category (kategori uten klare grenser): a category which does not have very clearly defined borderlines. The various types of adjunct adverbials are good examples of fuzzy categories. While some adjuncts are easily classified as e.g. time adjuncts or adjuncts of reason, others are less clear, e.g. Having spent a year in the village , she knew most of its inhabitants. (ambiguous between time and reason).