Adjectival ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/Adjectival
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|_ Abstract
|_ Linguistic Property
|_ Part Of Speech Property
|_ Predicator
|_ Adjectival
Direct SubConcepts:
ComparativeAdjective PlainAdjective SuperlativeAdjective VerbalAdjective
Definition:
An adjectival, or 'adjective', is a part of speech whose members modify nouns. An adjectival specifies the attributes of a noun referent. Note: this is one case among many. Adjectivals are a class of modifiers. An adjectival may be inflected as comparitive or superlative [Crystal 1997: 8; Payne 1997: 63].
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Parent needs to be reconsidered - Anthony Aristar
2010-06-04 14:00:04
2010-06-04 14:00:04
It should be reconsidered whether Adjectival should be a child of Predicator, because this seems to be theory-specific and not general. Adjectives exhibit very diverse behaviors in the world's languages.