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--1 Adjective: Adjectives and Adjectival Phrases
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abstract Adjective = Cat ** {
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fun
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-- The principal ways of forming an adjectival phrase are
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-- positive, comparative, relational, reflexive-relational, and
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-- elliptic-relational.
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-- (The superlative use is covered in [Noun Noun.html].$SuperlA$.)
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PositA : A -> AP ; -- warm
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ComparA : A -> NP -> AP ; -- warmer than Spain
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ComplA2 : A2 -> NP -> AP ; -- divisible by 2
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ReflA2 : A2 -> AP ; -- divisible by itself
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UseA2 : A2 -> A ; -- divisible
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-- Sentence and question complements defined for all adjectival
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-- phrases, although the semantics is only clear for some adjectives.
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SentAP : AP -> SC -> AP ; -- great that she won, uncertain if she did
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-- An adjectival phrase can be modified by an *adadjective*, such as "very".
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AdAP : AdA -> AP -> AP ; -- very uncertain
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-- The formation of adverbs from adjective (e.g. "quickly") is covered
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-- by [Adverb Adverb.html].
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}
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