ADJETIVES

ADJETIVES

1. Two groups

   • Descriptive Adjetives
   • Determiners or Limit Adjetives

2. Modifies

   • Noun
   • Pronoun

3. Can be

   • Word
   • Phrase
   • Clause

4. Answer the Questions

   • Which one(s)?
   • What kind?
   • Whose?
   • How many?
   • How much?

5. May be

   • Common
     • Specify
       • Shape
       • Size
       • Color
   • Proper

6. Characteristic of Adjectives

   • Morhological
     • Inflection
       • In comparison -er & -est
     • Derivation with Affixes
       • a-,-y,-ful, -less, - able, -ic(al)
     • Invariable words
       • for Gender, Case and Number
   • Notional
     • Gradable
     • Nongradable
   • Functional
     • Attributive
     • Predicative

7. Sintactic Funtions

   • Attributive
   • Predicative
   • Postpositive

8. Clasification

   • in terms of
     • word-formation
       • one-word adjetive
       • compounds adjetive
     • lexical meaning
       • dynamic or stative
       • gradable and nongradable