Showing posts with label adjective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adjective. Show all posts

Thursday, October 13, 2011

What is an adjective?

What is an adjective?

 

Definition
  An adjective is a word that belongs to a class whose members modify nouns. An adjective specifies the properties or attributes of a noun referent.
Discussion
  Some languages have no formally distinct category of adjectives. In such languages, property concepts are expressed as either nouns or verbs.
  An adjective generally
 
  • occurs in a noun phrase or as a stative predicate
  • may be intensified, and
  • may take comparative and superlative degrees.
Examples (English)
 
  • That cat is big.
  • We will not drive the old car.
  • I am very encouraged!
  • She is more agile than you.
Kinds
  Here are some kinds of adjectives:
 
Generic
  An adjective is a kind of
 

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