Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the function of participial phrases in English as a result of having a controversy regarding this issue. Besides the adjectival value of participial phrases that is commonly claimed by many linguists, an adverbial character is distinguished by others who argue that the function of the participial phrase is determined by its position within the sentence. The study aims to give better insight on the use of the participial phrases. The study is qualitative in nature drawing mostly upon books, articles, and websites for data. Through examining some grammarians’ viewpoints, it becomes clear that participial phrases have two functions as an adjective and as an adverb determined mainly by their structural distribution.
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