ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

1. MODIFY

   • NOUNS
   • PRONOUNS

2. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

   • WHAT KIND?
     • WHICH ONE?
       • HOW MANY?
         • HOW MUCH?

3. CLASSIFICATION

   • WORD-FORMATION
     • ONE-WORD ADJECTIVES
     • COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
   • LEXICAL MEANING
     • DYNAMIC OR STATIVE
     • GRADABLE AND NON-GRADABLE

4. PROPER ADJECTIVES

   • ARE DERIVED FROM PROPER NOUNS

5. SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS

   • ATRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES
     • PRECEDE THE NOUN THEY MODIFY
     • ORDER OF ATRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES
       • NOSASCOMP
   • PREDICATIVE
     • THEY FUCTION AS SC/PA OR OC, OFTEN EXPRESSING THE RESULT OF A PROCESS
   • POSTPOSITIVE
     • THEY ARE PLACED AFTER NOUN THAT THEY MODIFY

6. DEGREES

   • SUPERLATIVE
     • THE MOST/-EST
   • COMPARATIVE
     • INFERIORITY
       • LESS (ADJECTIVE) THAN
     • EQUALITY
       • AS (ADJECTIVE) AS
     • SUPERIORITY
       • MORE/-ER THAN
   • POSITIVE
     • BASE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE

7. OTHER KINDS

   • POST-DETERMINERS
     • MAKE THE REFENCE MORE PRECISE
   • COLOR
     • SAY WHAT COLOR SOMETHING IS
   • EMPHASIZING
     • EMPHASIZE THE SPEAKER´S FEELINGS ABOUT SOMETHING

8. MAIN TYPES

   • CLASSIFYING
     • IDENTIFY THE PARTICULAR CLASS THE NOUN BELONGS TO
   • QUALITATIVE
     • IDENTIFY THE QUALITY A PERSON OR THING HAS