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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1> Adjective: Adjectives and Adjectival Phrases</H1>
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<I>Last update: 2007-05-31 14:17:17 CEST</I><BR>
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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 <A HREF="Noun.html">Noun</A>.<CODE>SuperlA</CODE>.)
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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 <B>adadjective</B>, such as <I>very</I>.
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AdAP : AdA -> AP -> AP ; -- very uncertain
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The formation of adverbs from adjective (e.g. <I>quickly</I>) is covered
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by <A HREF="Adverb.html">Adverb</A>.
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}
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