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*Semantic test:
**Adjectives refer to properties
*morphological test:
**Adjectives can combine with comparative and superlative markers (-er/-est, or more/most)
**Adjectives can combine with -ly to form an adverb
*syntactic test
**Adjectives can be between a determiner and a noun, i.e. in the environment ('attributive use'):Det __ N  <i>Pat read the __ book</i>.
**Adjectives can occur in the following copula ('linking') verbs ('predicative use'):<i>They felt/seemed/sounded __ </i>
 
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Latest revision as of 12:19, 10 October 2018

  • Semantic test:
    • Adjectives refer to properties
  • morphological test:
    • Adjectives can combine with comparative and superlative markers (-er/-est, or more/most)
    • Adjectives can combine with -ly to form an adverb
  • syntactic test
    • Adjectives can be between a determiner and a noun, i.e. in the environment ('attributive use'):Det __ N Pat read the __ book.
    • Adjectives can occur in the following copula ('linking') verbs ('predicative use'):They felt/seemed/sounded __