ADJECTIVES - created from Mind Map

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MORPHOLOGICAL COMPOSITION

SEMANTIC CHARACTERISTICS

MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

SIMPLE ADJ old, cold

DERIVED understandable, kindly

COMPOUND grass-green (N+Adj), well-known (Adv+Par))

QUALITATIVE property. D or L - context

RELATIVE describe property

ORDER:

descriptive (broad sence) cold, light,wonderful

limiting (specifying the subst) the previous page, medical aid

time (daily)

material (woollen)

place (Northern, Italian)

some action ( defensive,preparatory)

subjective judgement

size

shape

age

colour

origin

focus on colour

material

part. I/II

purpose/type

+noun

or colour

GRADABLE =>

NON-GRADABLE

DEGREES OF COMPARISON

POSITIVE

COMPARATIVE

SUPERLATIVE

3 WAYS OF FORMING C&S d:

- er

-est

SYNTHETIC

ANALYTIC

SUPPLETIVE

1) monosyllabic,2) disyll. ( -y, ow, le, er, some; with the stress on the last syl, frequently used)

more

most

1) disyllabic; 2) 2syl< ; 3) derived

irregular adj.

DO NOT FORM DEGREES OF COMPARISON

limiting qualitative adj dead, medical

relative wooden, plastic,rubbery

adj with comparative and superlative meaning former, inner, prior; minimal, optimal

gradation of quality greenish, darkish