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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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PositA : A -> AP ; -- warm
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ComparA : A -> NP -> AP ; -- warmer than I
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ComplA2 : A2 -> NP -> AP ; -- married to her
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ReflA2 : A2 -> AP ; -- married to itself
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UseA2 : A2 -> AP ; -- married
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UseComparA : A -> AP ; -- warmer
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CAdvAP : CAdv -> AP -> NP -> AP ; -- as cool as John
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-- The superlative use is covered in $Ord$.
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AdjOrd : Ord -> AP ; -- warmest
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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 ; -- good that she is here
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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 warm
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-- It can also be postmodified by an adverb, typically a prepositional phrase.
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AdvAP : AP -> Adv -> AP ; -- warm by nature
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-- The formation of adverbs from adjectives (e.g. "quickly") is covered
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-- in [Adverb Adverb.html]; the same concerns adadjectives (e.g. "extremely").
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}
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