ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

1. Modify a noun or a pronoun

2. It answer the questions

   • what kind?
   • which one?
   • How many?
   • How much?

3. CHARACTERISTICS

   • Morphological
     • Some of them have inflection in comparison
       • Degrees of comparison
         • Superlative
           • The highest point
         • Comparative
           • The middle point
         • Absolute
           • The lowest poin on the scale
     • Derivation with affixes
     • Invariable words
   • Notional
     • They qualify things, people and states
       • Some can have differents degrees: GRADABILITY
         • They can be modified by very kinds
           • Gradable
             • Denote a escalar property (comparison)
           • Nongradable
             • They indicate extreme or absolute
           • Stative
             • Denote state
           • Dynamic
             • Denote an action or gretting to a state
           • Inherent
             • Characterize the referent of the noun directly
           • Noninherent
             • Do not characterize the referent of the noun directly
   • Functional
     • An attributive
       • Function and position
     • An predicate

4. Proper

   • is formed from a proper noun

5. Common

   • is formed from a common noun

6. Compound

   • is a word composed of two or more words

7. Syntactic funtions

   • Attributive
     • They pre-modify the head of a noun phrase
   • Predicate
     • They fuction as S.C
   • Postpositive
     • They immediatly follow the noun or pronoun they modify