LINB18H3 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
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Adjectives: characteristic function: modifying nouns, typically denote properties (e. g. colour, size, shape, worth, age, etc. , ex. 3 main functions: i. attributive: they come before nouns and they modify nouns eg. happy people: predicative: they occur inside the verb phrase eg. they are happy, postpositive: usually occurs after something, someone, anyone eg. someone happy. Less frequent than attributive and predicative uses. Only possible in certain constructions (e. g. after something, anyone, nobody, etc. : shape. Adjective phrases (adj p): contains adjective and optional intensifier: Intensifier is a modifier; normally an adverb that comes before adjectives or adverbs to strengthen the meaning of the adjective or the adverb; most of the time they are used for emphasis (eg. so, very, really, extremely) Examples: extremely dry very tired pretty bored really funny. Attributive and predicate adjectives i. attributive adjectives are in the np, come before the noun: [a very interesting story] ii. predicate adjectives are in the vp a. kelly [looks very excited]. b.
