adjective (n.) (A, adj, ADJ)

A term used in the GRAMMATICAL classification of WORDS to refer to the main set of items which specify the attributes of NOUNS. From a FORMAL point of view, four criteria are generally invoked to define the class in English (and similar kinds of criteria establish the class in other languages): they can occur within the noun PHRASE, i.e. they function in the attributive position, e.g. the big man; they can occur in a post-verbal or predicative position, e.g. the man is big; he called it stupid; they can be PREMODIFIED by an INTENSIFIER, such as very, e.g. the very big man; and they can be used in a COMPARATIVE and a SUPERLATIVE form, either by INFLECTION (e.g. big, bigger, biggest) or PERIPHRASTICALLY (e.g. interesting, more interesting, most interesting). However, not all adjectives satisfy all these criteria (e.g. major, as in a major question, does not occur predicatively – cf. *The question is major), and the subclassification of adjectives has proved quite complex. Both narrow and broad applications of the term ‘adjective’ will be found in grammars. In its broadest sense it could include everything between the DETERMINER and the noun, in such a phrase as the vicar’s fine old English garden chair; but many linguists prefer to restrict it to the items which satisfy most or all of the above criteria (to include only fine and old, in this example), the other items being called ‘adjective-like’ or adjectivals. Adjectives may also be the HEADS of phrases (adjective or adjectival phrases (abbreviated AP or AdjP), such as that’s very important), and an adjectival function is sometimes recognized for certain types of CLAUSE (e.g. he’s the man I saw).

الاكثر قراءة في Syntax

Symbols used in syntactic analysis

Traditional grammar

restrictive (adj.)

Tree diagrams

Oblique object and indirect object

Activities, achievements and accomplishments

Deep and surface structure

Syntactic criteria

Complement phrases

Null subjects

Thematic roles

Split CP: Force, Topic and Focus projections

Movement rules

reference (n.)

Syntax

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

جولة تفقدية لمتابعة خطة تنظيم مداخل المعزّين المشاركين في عزاء ركضة طويريج

لتعزيز التعاون الأكاديمي والبحثي.. جامعة الكفيل توقع اتفاقيتي توأمة مع جامعتين عراقيتين

المجمَع العلميّ يواصل إقامة مجلسه العزائي بذكرى شهادة الإمام الحسين (عليه السلام) في النجف الأشرف

قسم حفظ النظام يواصل تنفيذ خطته لتنظيم سير المواكب والزائرين في شهر المحرم

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

لهذا السبب.. إغلاق 25 مركزًا لعلاج الإدمان في مصر ؟

خلافا للاعتقاد الشائع.. علماء يكشفون أسرار بذور البطيخ ؟!

هذا ما يحدث لجسمك عند تناولك الطماطم بانتظام !

تعرف على أطعمة تسرّع "تعافي الجسم" من حروق الشمس

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

الثلوج تغطي الصحراء الأكثر جفافا في العالم!

بتلسكوب "ألما".. التقاط صورا غير مسبوقة لبدايات الكون !

هل هاتفك مراقب؟.. 5 علامات خطيرة تكشف التجسس عليك

دبي تطلق أول رحلة تجريبية للتاكسي الجوي

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Word Order- Classifiers and phrasal dependents in DP

Word order- Suffixal Pl and Art

Syntax Word order and restrictive vs. nonrestrictive modification

Syntax

Language Mixture—Grammar

Change in grammar and pronunciation

Word order

Grammaticalization.

Convergence in the Balkans

Did we lose the perfect tense already?

It’s grammaticalization, innit?

Haugen’s model