Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions

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Adjective Definition, notional and functional:

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Notional: an adjective is a word that modifies a noun. Collocates with – when we think of a noun, we also think of things that group with that noun. In my case “Car: red, Fast, truck, freedom”

Functional:
1. a word may be an adjective if it can accept an adjectival inflectional morpheme [er – est]
2. a word may be an adjective if it contains a typical adjective forming derivational affix.-ic, phobic, y, ly, cowardly, ous, magnanimous, al psychological, ate deliberate, ful bountiful, ible, able ish etc.
3. a word may be an adjective if it is preceded by a word that typically precedes and adjective. These are manner adverbs and degree adverbs.

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2 types of adjectives

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Limiting – circumscribing. Numbers or restricts the noun. “Sixteen candles” or “most people”
Descriptive – describes aspect or attribute of the noun. “long neck” “purple undies.”

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3 Degrees of adjectives –

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Normative – no degree, like simple verbs this is the baseline. Pretty. Radiant.
Comparative – comparing two groups, marked [typically] by “+er” or +more. Prettier, more radiant.
Superlative – Comparing 3+ groups, marked [typically] by “+est” or +most. Prettiest, most radiant.

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Supplitive adjectives - [like supplitive everything elses] are

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irregular, meaning that the comparative and superlative forms are different, not +er or +est. Eg. Good – Good  Better  Best instead of Gooder  Goodest.

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Absolute adjectives cannot be made ____________

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comparative or superlative.
The law of the excluded middle. one thing cannot be more-dead or deader than another. Full or not full.
Technically, we DO make these comparative and superlative, but we do it by using “more nearly” and “most nearly.”

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A predicative adjective follows a

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linking verb (sentence pattern 2)

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An Attributive adjective appears in front of

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a noun

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5 Questions for an Adjective

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what kind
which
whose
how much
how many

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3 Adjectival structures:

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single
phrasal
clausal

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single adjectives are:

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the base form