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CLASSIFICATION OF ADJECTIVES
Author(s) -
Farsi A. A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1987.tb00389.x
Subject(s) - adjective , linguistics , prefix , psychology , noun phrase , phrase , noun , class (philosophy) , meaning (existential) , endocentric and exocentric , determiner phrase , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , psychotherapist
Adjectives in English are divided into three classes: A, B, and C, according to (i)meaning, (ii) negative prefixation, (iii) qualification by very , (iv) conjunction with other adjectives, (v) position within a noun phrase, In each case, adjectives from A and B exhibit opposing properties and those in C may exhibitproperties of either A or B. Adjectives in Class A are evaluative In meaning, take in‐, un‐ and dis‐ as negative prefixes, are qualifiable by very , can be conjoined with other Class A adjectives but not with those in Class B, and follow an adjective of age in the noun phrase. Class B adjectives are descriptive, take non‐ but not un‐, in‐, dis‐ as a negative prefix, do not occur with very , can be conjoined with other Class B adjectives but not Class A adjectives, and precede adjecttives of age in a noun phrase.