Adjective
What does adjective express?
The adjective expresses the categorial semantics of property of a substance. It means that it referent it denotes, such as its material, colour, dimensions, position, state, and other characteristics both permanent and temporary
what does comparative degree mean?
1. having no features of comparison
2. having the feature of restricted superiority (which limits the comparison to two elements only)
3. having the feature of unrestricted superiority
2. having the feature of restricted superiority (which limits the comparison to two elements only)
Circumstantial adverbs serve to denote in most cases local and temporal circumstances attending an action.
True or False?
True
- the prefix a- can express the meanings of prepositions, such as ??
away, on, up, out. She is asleep - She is sleeping /on/.
What functions does adjective has?
In the sentence the adjective performs the functions of an attribute and a predicative
All the substantivized adjectives can be explained within the terms of nouns.
True or False?
adverbs of time and frequency are...?
today, tomorrow, often, again, twice ...
A peculiar set of converted notional adverbs is ....?
formed by adjective-stem conversives, such as fast, late, hard, high, close, loud, tight, etc.
what does qualitative adjective do?
Denote various qualities of substances which admit of a qualitative estimation, i.e. Establishing their correlative qualitative measure . The measure of a quality cane be – high or low, sufficient or insufficient, optimal or excessive. e.g. a difficult task – too difficult a task.
what are adjective suffixes and preffixes?
-ful (hopeful), -less (flawless), -ish (bluish), -ous (famous), -ive (decorative), -ic (basic); un- (unprecedented), in- (inaccurate), pre- (premature).
In accord with their word-building structure adverbs may be....?
1. simple and derived
2. simple and compound
1. simple and derived
adverbs are commonly divided into?
qualitative, quantitative and circumstantial.