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Subclasses of <strong>Adjectives</strong>●●The adjective test frame The __noun is very____– is useful in identifying adjectives– is useful in helping distinguish subclasses ofadjectives:●●those that are limited to the prenoun slotsthose that are limited to the complement slotsMost adjectives can fill three slots in the sentencepatterns:– predicative adjectives●●as subject complement (as in the test frame)as object complement– attributive adjectives●as modifiers in the noun phrase (as in the test frame)
Attributive Only <strong>Adjectives</strong>●●A small number of of adjectives will not fill thecomplement slot - attributive only adjectives:– main, principal, former, mere, potential, atomic, late(meaning “dead”) and technical adjectives: sulfuric,hydrochloric– these do not serve as either subject or object complementsin the verb phrase, nor do they take qualifiers:● He is the former president *The president is former● My reason is main *My main reason is very main● She is a mere child *The child is mereThere are a few other adjectives that rarely appear inan attributive position in reference to animate nouns:– fond, ready, ill, well●“ill omen” but rarely *“ill person” - we will use sick instead
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Page 3 and 4: Adjectives●●In terms of form, a
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Page 10 and 11: Rules of ThumbFormal ProofFunctiona
Page 14 and 15: Predicative Only Adjectives●●Ma
Page 16 and 17: Ability to Combine with Qualifiers
Page 18 and 19: Derivational Suffixes●One common
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Form Class Words: Adjectives/ Adverbs

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