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* attributive adjectives are used right before the noun they qualify  
* attributive adjectives are used right before the noun they qualify  
* predicative adjectives come after to be or similar verbs such as ''become'' and '''seem'''
* predicative adjectives come after to be or similar verbs such as ''become'' and ''seem''
* most adjectives can be both attributive and predicative (e.g. the ''blue'' sky - the sky is ''blue'')


== Video ==
== Video ==

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Participants

  • Ekram Aghdoube
  • Hana Hashi

Short description of the project

  • Difference between attributive and predicative adjectives
  • Video (lexical entries of both types of adjectives)
  • Tasks

Produced material

Difference between predicative and attributive adjectives

  • attributive adjectives are used right before the noun they qualify
  • predicative adjectives come after to be or similar verbs such as become and seem
  • most adjectives can be both attributive and predicative (e.g. the blue sky - the sky is blue)

Video

Task 1

Look at the following sentences and decide, whether the adjectives are used attributively or predicatively.


attributive predicative
Phoebe is pregnant with twins
Rachel is a former waitress
Joey feels faint
Chandler was very hungry after work
Monica wears a summer dress
Ross buys a 30-inch-long monkey


Task 2

Consider the following sentences.

  1. For each of these, provide the syntactic structure.
  2. Write down the logical forms.
  3. Provide a full analysis of the sentences, indicating following values: PHON, HEAD, PRED PLUS, ARG-ST, MOD, DR, INCONT, PARTS.


a. Chandler is humorous.

Check your answer

  1. Syntactic structure: caption
  2. Logical form: humorous 1 (chandler)
  3. Lexical entry:
humorous
PHON  < humorous >
HEAD  adjective
PRED  <plus>
ARG-ST  <NP[DR [c]] >
MOD  < >
DR   [a]
INCONT   [b]
PARTS  <humorous1, humorous1([a], [b]) >  

b. The blonde waitress .

Check your answer

  1. Syntactic structure: caption
  2. Logical form: waitress 1 (blonde)
  3. Lexical entry:
blonde
PHON  < blonde >
HEAD  adjective
PRED  <minus>
ARG-ST  <NP[DR [c]] >
MOD  < >
DR   [a]
INCONT   [b]
PARTS  <blonde1, blonde1([a], [b]), ϕ∧ɣ>  




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