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--1 Adjective: Adjectives and Adjectival Phrases
abstract Adjective = Cat ** {
fun
-- The principal ways of forming an adjectival phrase are
-- positive, comparative, relational, reflexive-relational, and
-- elliptic-relational.
-- (The superlative use is covered in [Noun Noun.html].$SuperlA$.)
PositA : A -> AP ; -- warm
ComparA : A -> NP -> AP ; -- warmer than I
ComplA2 : A2 -> NP -> AP ; -- married to her
ReflA2 : A2 -> AP ; -- married to itself
UseA2 : A2 -> A ; -- married
-- Sentence and question complements defined for all adjectival
-- phrases, although the semantics is only clear for some adjectives.
SentAP : AP -> SC -> AP ; -- good that she is here
-- An adjectival phrase can be modified by an *adadjective*, such as "very".
AdAP : AdA -> AP -> AP ; -- very warm
-- The formation of adverbs from adjective (e.g. "quickly") is covered
-- in [Adverb Adverb.html].
}
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