Comparative Concept: adjective (cxn)

adjective (cxn)

Typ construction (def)
Alias(se) adjective
Assoziiert
attributive phrase (cxn)
Spraakbanken adjective (cxn)

Umbrella

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Hierarchy

prototypical construction (cxn) modifier (cxn)
adjective (cxn)
age term (cxn) color term (cxn) dimension term (cxn) gender term (cxn) human propensity term (cxn) material term (cxn) physical property term (cxn) shape term (cxn) value term (cxn)

Definition

the head of an attributive phrase that denotes a property. Example: the word new in a very new book is an adjective – it is a property concept that is the head of the attributive phrase very new and modifies book. (Sections 2.2.3, 4.1.1)