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Type of phrase
An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase whose head is an adjective. Almost any grammar or syntax textbook or dictionary of linguistics terminology
Adjective_phrase
Part of speech that defines a noun or pronoun
An adjective (abbreviated ADJ) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun
Adjective
Group of one or more words
contains the noun phrase "the squirrel" and the verb phrase "is very happy". Additionally, "very happy" is an adjective phrase. Phrases can consist of a
Phrase
Adjectives in the English language
important, and right. Adjectives head adjective phrases, and the most typical members function as modifiers in noun phrases. Most adjectives either inflect for
English_adjectives
Grammar of the English language
Peter is a phrase that can be used in a sentence as if it were a noun, and is therefore called a noun phrase. Similarly, adjectival phrases and adverbial
English_grammar
Type of phrase in grammar
phrase ("AdvP") is a multi-word expression operating adverbially: its syntactic function is to modify other expressions, including verbs, adjectives,
Adverbial_phrase
Part of speech
post-positive adjective phrases, such as the attorney general. Noun phrases themselves can function as post-head adjuncts in noun phrases. In the noun phrase shoes
English_nouns
Compound of two or more words that collectively modify a noun
A compound modifier (also called a compound adjective, phrasal adjective, or adjectival phrase) is a compound of two or more attributive words: that is
Compound_modifier
Adjective that is used as a noun
the nominalized adjective in English is when an adjective is used to indicate a collective group. This happens in the case where a phrase such as the poor
Nominalized_adjective
Adjective that occurs immediately after the noun or pronoun that it complements
postpositive adjective or postnominal adjective is an adjective that is placed after the noun or pronoun that it modifies, as in noun phrases such as attorney
Postpositive_adjective
Proposed parameter in linguistics
complements. Adjective Phrase: the head of an adjective phrase (AP) is an adjective, which can take as a complement, for example, an adverbial phrase or adpositional
Head-directionality_parameter
Clauses in English grammar
either the adjective what or the adverb how and are typically associated with exclamations. As with open interrogatives, the what or how phrase is fronted
English_clause_syntax
Verb form modifying a noun or noun phrase
the role of an adverbial phrase in the sentence in which it appears, whereas an adjectival participle (or a participial phrase/clause based on one) plays
Participle
distinguishing the Republic of Ireland from the island. As an alternative, an adjectival phrase may be used—for instance, "a law of the Republic of Ireland"—or, as
List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations
List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_for_countries_and_nations
Phrase which grammatically functions the same as a noun
my, some, Jane's attributive adjectives, such as large, beautiful, sweeter adjective phrases and participial phrases, such as extremely large, hard
Noun_phrase
Optional element in phrase or clause structure
element in phrase structure or clause structure which modifies the meaning of another element in the structure. For instance, the adjective "red" acts
Grammatical_modifier
Aspect of the German language
predicative adjectives.) That is, they take an ending that depends on the gender, case, and number of the noun phrase. German adjectives take different
German_adjectives
Arabic grammatical structure
nominal sentences (جُمْلَة اِسْمِيَّة jumlah 'ismiyyah) and from noun-adjective phrases (اسْمٌ وَصِفَّة ismu wa ṣiffah) by the case ending of the muḍāf ilayhi
Iḍāfah
First-person plural personal pronoun in English
as other noun phrases. Relative clause modifier: we who arrived late Determiner: Not a lot of people know the real us. Adjective phrase modifier: Not
We
Prepositions in the English language
in the case of an intransitive verb. Similarly, an adjective phrase may consist of an adjective alone or with a complement (e.g., I'm happy; I'm happy
English_prepositions
Rewrite rule used to describe a given language's syntax
(noun) can be preceded by an optional AP (adjective phrase) and followed by an optional PP (prepositional phrase). The round brackets indicate optional constituents
Phrase_structure_rules
Primary part of a grammatical phrase
big red dog since it determines that the phrase is a noun phrase, not an adjective phrase. Because the adjectives big and red modify this head noun, they
Head_(linguistics)
Third-person plural or gender-neutral pronoun
the 'them' you end up showing is yourself." Adjective phrase modifier: "the real them". Adverb phrase external modifier: "not even them". Plural they's
They
Overview of noun phrases in Hungarian
Hungarian grammar, the unmarked order of elements in the noun phrase is determiner, adjective, noun. Hungarian does not have grammatical gender and uses
Hungarian_noun_phrase
Personal pronoun to denote the interlocutor
dependents as other noun phrases. Relative clause modifier: you who believe Determiner: the real you; *the you Adjective phrase modifier: the real you;
You
Determiners in the English language
function as modifiers in noun phrases (e.g., the many changes), determiner phrases (e.g., many more) or in adjective or adverb phrases (e.g., not that big). They
English_determiners
System responsible for combining morphemes into complex structures
phenomena Adjective Adjective phrase Adjunct Adpositional phrase Adverb Antecedent Appositive Argument Article Aspect Attributive adjective and predicative
Syntax
Class of words expressing spatiotemporal relations or semantic roles
modifiers such as articles, adjectives, etc. The complement is sometimes called the object of the adposition. The resulting phrase, formed by the adposition
Adposition
Phrase modifying a lexical item
of a noun phrase, such as a noun, pronoun, or gerund, possibly with one or more modifiers. A prepositional phrase can function as an adjective or adverb
Adpositional_phrase
Topics referred to by the same term
of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies List of adjectivals and demonyms for former regions List of adjectival tourisms Adjective phrase Adjectival
Adjectival
Part of a clause predicate
Postpositive adjectives are attributive adjectives which modify the immediately preceding noun or pronoun to create a noun phrase. (A predicate adjective is frequently
Predicative_expression
Analysis of sentence structure
left-branching phrases (= head-final phrases): the house - Noun phrase (NP) very happy - Adjective phrase (AP) too slowly - Adverb phrase (AdvP) Examples
Branching_(linguistics)
As an adjective phrase modifying a noun: the flower opening up the news supporting the point As an adjectival phrase modifying a noun phrase that is
Uses_of_English_verb_forms
Adjectives in Japanese
rentaikei) of i-adjectives and na-adjectives can be analyzed as verb phrases, making their attributive forms relative clauses rather than adjectives. According
Japanese_adjectives
Object complements are constituents of the predicate. Noun phrases and adjective phrases most frequently function as object complements. The object complement
Object_complement
Topics referred to by the same term
holding company Audemars Piguet, Swiss watchmaker Adjective phrase, a phrase whose head is an adjective Ap (water), a Vedic Sanskrit term ap, a classical
AP
Class of words
other adverbs, however, are not related to adjectives in this way; they may be derived from other words or phrases, or may be single morphemes. Examples of
Adverb
Type of adjective that is used to indicate modality, such as "likely"
construction has the adjective phrase in attributive modifier function, as in the following examples, where the modal adjective is again in bold and this
Modal_adjective
an adjectival phrase meaning "of a double understanding or double interpretation" (literally, "with a double hearing"). The modern French phrase is "à
Glossary of French words and expressions in English
Glossary_of_French_words_and_expressions_in_English
Descriptive term used in place of a formal name
ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying
Epithet
Word classes, largely corresponding to traditional parts of speech
categories Adjective phrase (AP), adverb phrase (AdvP), adposition phrase (PP), noun phrase (NP), verb phrase (VP), etc. In terms of phrase structure rules
Syntactic_category
Word used in English for conditional constructions
preposition phrase, and within a conditional construction it functions as an adjunct. Where if takes a noun phrase (NP) or adjective phrase (AdjP) complement
If_(preposition)
adjectives in the Circassian languages (Adyghe and Kabardian) share many characteristics with nouns. A key feature of Circassian grammar is phrase-final
Adjectives_in_Circassian
Masculine third-person, singular personal pronoun in English
noun phrases. Relative clause modifier: he who arrives late Determiner: A: Somebody was here, and he left this. B: I'm that he. Adjective phrase modifier:
He_(pronoun)
Grammatical structure
use its word for is, she- is used to distinguish adjective phrases used in epithet from adjective phrases used in attribution: Ha-kise l'-yad-ekh. ("The
Relative_clause
Multiple determiners in linguistics
associated with a noun phrase, usually marking an adjective as well as the noun itself. The extra determiner has been called an adjectival determiner because
Determiner_spreading
Arapesh language of Papua New Guinea
stem) + Modifier (class 2 adjective, adjective phrase, nominalised clause, limiter phrase) + Possessive (possessive phrase, possessive pronoun) + Head
Bukiyip_language
Functional part of speech in most languages
a noun or noun phrase, an adjective or adjective phrase, a prepositional phrase (as above), or an adverb or another adverbial phrase expressing time
Copula_(linguistics)
Language from Papua New Guinea
beginning of the noun phrase to denote plurality. Semantically plural nouns trigger pluractionality in verbs and plurality in adjectives. Kinship terms take
Torricelli_language
Part of speech that names an object or set of objects
occur with determiners, articles and attributive adjectives, and can function as the head of a noun phrase. According to traditional and popular classification
Noun
Grammar of the Polish language
meaning "singing" (as an attributive adjective), although such participles can be used to form extended adjectival phrases, which (usually unlike in English)
Polish_grammar
Coordinators in the English language
phrases, coordinations are not headed. An adjective phrase, for instance, has a head adjective along with any possible dependents. In the adjective phrase
English_coordinators
First-person singular personal pronoun
other noun phrases. Relative clause modifier: the me I'd like to be; *me I'd like to be Determiner: the me I'd like to be; *the me Adjective phrase modifier:
I_(pronoun)
Honorific prefix
meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, The Right Honourable is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered
The_Right_Honourable
Words
head adverb phrases, and whose most typical members function as modifiers in verb phrases and clauses, along with adjective and adverb phrases. The category
English_adverbs
English language, gender-neutral, indefinite pronoun
could be ...as the ones who are not oneself. Adjective phrase modifier: (no known examples) Adverb phrase external modifier: not even oneself One generally
One_(pronoun)
Nonfinite verb form
such as an object. To express such concepts, the construction with the adjectival gerundive is preferred. By contrast, the term gerund has been used in
Gerund
double-marking in both verb phrases (verbs were marked for person and number, nominals for case) and noun-adjective phrases (both marked with the same
Double-marking_language
for the paucity of true adjectives in Swahili is the ornative construction using -enye. Some examples of adjectival phrases with -enye include -enye
Swahili_grammar
Words in English that substitute for a noun or noun phrase
English whose primary semantic function is that of a pro-form for a noun phrase. Traditional grammars consider them to be a distinct part of speech, while
Pronouns_in_English
Word or form that substitutes for another word
noun phrase, with or without a determiner: it, this. A prop-word: one, as in "the blue one" A pro-adjective substitutes an adjective or a phrase that
Pro-form
Latin oratorical phrase
functions as a predicative adjective in this construction, which is known as the passive periphrastic. The short form of the phrase, Carthago delenda est,
Carthago_delenda_est
Grammatical construct in which a noun modifies another noun
similarly to an adjective, it is, more specifically, a noun functioning as a pre-modifier in a noun phrase. For example, in the phrase "chicken soup" the
Noun_adjunct
Analysing a string of symbols, according to the rules of a formal grammar
past tense verb, but in this sentence, it functions as part of an adjective phrase. Since parsing is used to identify parts of speech, these sentences
Parsing
Singular, feminine, third-person pronoun
noun phrases. Relative clause modifier: she who arrives late Determiner: A: Somebody was here, and she left this. B: I'm that she. Adjective phrase modifier:
She_(pronoun)
Part of speech
although the resulting phrase wearing a hat functions like an attributive adjective in modifying man). An example of a deverbal adjective is the word interesting
Attributive_verb
English-language profanity
fucking) are used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an infix, an interjection, or an adverb. There are many common phrases that employ the word as well as compounds
Fuck
Feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages
The degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs are the various forms taken by adjectives and adverbs when used to compare two or more entities (comparative
Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs
Degrees_of_comparison_of_adjectives_and_adverbs
Word used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun
Articles combine with nouns to form noun phrases, and typically specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun phrase. In English, the and a (rendered as
Article_(grammar)
When words are replaced by their rhymes
by this process are nouns, but a few are adjectival, e.g., bales (of cotton) 'rotten', or the adjectival phrase "on one's Tod" for 'on one's own', after
Rhyming_slang
Form of linguistic discontinuity
the predicative adjective happy. (4a) She is happy. (4b) What is she? Wh-fronting of where, which corresponds to the prepositional phrase to school. (5a)
Wh-movement
English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. This list is an automatically updated
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
Natural or manufactured resin
19th century. Petroleum-derived pitch is black in colour, hence the adjectival phrase "pitch-black". The viscoelastic properties of pitch make it well suited
Pitch_(resin)
Adjective, noun, verb or phrase that modifies a noun
attributive expression is a word or phrase within a noun phrase that modifies the head noun. It may be an: attributive adjective attributive noun attributive
Attributive_expression
Determiner which modifies a noun by attributing possession
English refer to them as possessive adjectives, though they do not have the same syntactic distribution as true adjectives. Examples in English include possessive
Possessive_determiner
Epithet for the US Democratic Party
According to Oxford Dictionaries, the use of Democrat rather than the adjective Democratic "is in keeping with a longstanding tradition among Republicans
Democrat_Party_(epithet)
Aspect of English grammar
Most English compound nouns are noun phrases (i.e. nominal phrases) that include a noun modified by adjectives or noun adjuncts. Due to the English tendency
English_compound
Sentence structure
my own eyes, I saw the forum". The placement of adjectives also affects the emphasis. So the phrase mea fāma, with the possessive before the noun, in
Latin_word_order
Structural rules governing Singlish
It is omitted the most before an adjective or adjective phrase, and omitted the least before a preposition phrase expressing a location. These findings
Singlish_grammar
Concept in linguistics
the phrases in which they appear is also viewed as support for the DP-analysis. One points to the fact that when more than one attributive adjective appears
Determiner_phrase
Edoid language spoken in Nigeria
etc. A phrasal adjective is one that consists of more than one word; it is made up of a phrase. More often than not, an adjectival phrase usually contains
Esan_language
2002 compendium on the English language
is a model theoretic phrase structure grammar, rejecting any kind of transformation.[clarification needed] Every node in the phrase structure tree is denoted
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
The_Cambridge_Grammar_of_the_English_Language
Ancient Greek ideal of gentlemanly virtue
attested since Herodotus and the classical period. The phrase is adjectival, composed of two adjectives, καλός ("beautiful") and ἀγαθός ("good" or "virtuous")
Kalos_kagathos
Part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases, or clauses
neither corporate coldness nor warmth." 3. An adjective (or adjectival phrase) or an adverb (or an adverbial phrase) paired with an ensuing conjunction, e.g
Conjunction_(grammar)
Adjectives in the Spanish language
used; an additional qualifier phrase such as de los dos ("of the two") must therefore be used to indicate that the adjective is the comparative. Instead
Spanish_adjectives
Sentence without a finite verb
sentence that breaks down to either a verb phrase or an adjective phrase (see the above figure). However, phrase structure rules are supposed to be universal
Nominal_sentence
Colloquial American English phrase
yards" is a colloquial American English phrase meaning "everything, the whole lot" or, when used as an adjective, "all the way". Its first usage was the
The_whole_nine_yards
Target of a description or assertion
a predicate. Often this is a VP as in (6a), but it can also be an adjective phrase, as in (6b). In both cases the relevant modifier is underlined. In
Predicand
Grammar of the Standard Chinese language
The character de (得) followed by an adjective functions the same as the phrase "-ly" in English, turning the adjective into an adverb. The second is hǎo
Chinese_grammar
Semantic feature of noun phrases in linguistics
feature of noun phrases that distinguishes between referents or senses that are identifiable in a given context (definite noun phrases) and those that
Definiteness
Icelandic greeting
18th century or later. The Norse adjective heill/heil (in later Nordic also hell, hel etc) is cognate to English adjective whole of the same meaning, including
Heil_og_sæl
Latin expression for "at one's pleasure"
arts, the phrase ad libitum (/æd ˈlɪbɪtəm/; Latin for 'at one's pleasure' or 'as you desire'), often shortened to "ad lib" (as an adjective or adverb)
Ad_libitum
English word
was first described by linguist Allen Walker Read in the 1960s. As an adjective, OK principally means "adequate" or "acceptable" as a contrast to "bad"
OK
Interjections in the English language
English. These include relative clauses, noun phrases, adjective phrases, prepositional phrases, and adverb phrases: Interjection: Ah, so you were there after
English_interjections
Barbacoan language of Colombia and Ecuador
pig’ There are no specific plural possessive adjective constructions because “In order to translate a phrase such as our house, speakers of Awa Pit have
Awa_Pit_language
Phrase that appears more often in a single work than in a large sample size
A statistically improbable phrase (SIP) is a phrase or set of words that occurs more frequently in a document (or collection of documents) than in some
Statistically improbable phrase
Statistically_improbable_phrase
Morphological form of a noun
lamp-CONSTRUCT wall "wall lamp" Hebrew adjectival phrases composed of an adjective and a noun feature adjectives in the construct state, as in: שבור־לב
Construct_state
Linguistic concept marking change of state
an adjective, a prepositional phrase, or a particle, among others. For example, in the English sentence The man wiped the table clean, the adjective clean
Resultative
English murderer
"it was not uncommon in the Middle Ages to have a characterizing adjectival phrase attached to one's name [i.e., a cognominal surname], such as Charles
John_le_Fucker
Distinction between phrases that have a primary word ("head") and that don't
The same is true of very long; it is an adjective phrase in line with its part long, which is an adjective. In more formal terms, the distribution of
Endocentric_and_exocentric
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