Style disjuncts (i.e. surface adverbials such as 'frankly' in 'Frankly, Merlin is a genius') are said to derive from manner adverbs which, in turn, derive from a higher predicate (more precisely, an adjective). According to S. this adverb analysis provides indirect support for the performative hypothesis, which in turn provides a framework in which a number of generalizations can be captured about the distribution and interpretation of style disjuncts.