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===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
Typical adjective meanings are 'old', 'young', 'big', 'small', 'good', 'bad', 'red', 'blue', 'quick'. | Typical adjective meanings are 'old', 'young', 'big', 'small', 'good', 'bad', 'red', 'blue', 'quick'. | ||
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| + | ===Subtypes=== | ||
| + | *[[attributive adjective]] | ||
| + | *[[extensional adjective]] | ||
| + | *[[intensional adjective]] | ||
| + | *[[intersective adjective]] | ||
| + | *[[predicative adjective]] | ||
| + | *[[relational adjective]] | ||
| + | *[[subsective adjective]] | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Revision as of 19:12, 14 February 2009
An adjective is a member of a word class whose members most typically express properties.
Term properties
The corresponding relational adjective is adjectival.
Examples
Typical adjective meanings are 'old', 'young', 'big', 'small', 'good', 'bad', 'red', 'blue', 'quick'.
Subtypes
- attributive adjective
- extensional adjective
- intensional adjective
- intersective adjective
- predicative adjective
- relational adjective
- subsective adjective
Origin
The term adjective goes back to antiquity, Latin (nomen) adjectivum, literally 'attached (noun)'. (In the earlier grammatical terminology, adjectives were a subclass of noun; see noun (Latin nomen).)
Reference
- Dixon, R. M. W. & Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (eds.) 2004. Adjective classes: A cross-linguistic typology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Вольф Е.М. Грамматика и семантика прилагательного. М.: Наука, 1978.
other languages
- German Adjektiv
- Russian прилагательное = адъектив
