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the word class that qualifies nouns

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of or relating to or functioning as an adjective

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relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law

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"Adjective Formation and Lexical Layers in Old English." English Studies 92 (3): 323-34.
That said, the general aim of the article is to take a new look at Old English zero derivation and alternations in terms of (i) an overview of zero derivation in Old English, (ii) a description of the vocalic alternations that relate zero derived nouns, adjectives and weak verbs to their bases of derivation and (iii) an account of the significance of alternations in the wider context of the evolution of the lexicon of English.
Nuevas perspectivas en la derivacion cero y las alternancias del ingles antiguo
The word prior is synonymous with the word before, sometimes even with the adjectives earlier and first.
Why 'to give first priority' is utter nonsense
Hass (1976: 621) mentions four studies conducted in the 1970s, i.e., around the time of Lakoff's seminal publication, that compare adjective use by men and women with differing results.
The number of occurrences of each adjective in MICASE according to gender is presented in Table 3, along with the p--value suggesting the statistical significance of any observed differences.
Good or marvelous? Pretty, cute or lovely? Male and female adjective use in MICASE
The best is alternate where the verb carries stress on the first syllable and the adjective on the next.
THE END IS NIGH
"Actually at home in the political studies and International Relations (IR) discourse, I was intrigued by the seeming omnipresence of the adjective global and its colorful and somewhat paradoxical gestalt.
Negotiations of the New World: The Omnipresence of "Global" as a Political Phenomenon
In the Adjective condition, the comparison stimuli were pictures of the same puppet (Fafa) with different facial (emotional) expressions, and the sample stimuli were adjectives (the Portuguese equivalents of /angry/, /happy/, /sad/).
Responding and learning by exclusion in 2-year-olds: the case of adjectives
While Heere's method in securing BP adjectives is likely more accurate and applicable than Aaker's approach, in the current study we aim to investigate if sport managers alone are the best source of adjective attainment.
A case of multiple (brand) personalities: expanding the methods of brand personality measurement in sport team contexts
suggested instead that the adjective, as well as its counterpart
A proposed Indo-Aryan etymology for Hurrian timer(i)/timar(i)
Interestingly, almost any adjective, originally derived from the corresponding noun can be further modified by means of the prefix 'un-'.
Derivational paradigm--is there any? A contrastive research
TABLE 1 MEANS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS, AND INTERCORRELATIONS OF VARIABLES USED IN MODELS PREDICTING WORD COUNT AND ADJECTIVE USE Variable M SD 1 2 1.
GENDER AND ETHNIC BIAS IN LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION: CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS
It can also indicate a temporal or spatial extension of the adjective, literally (week-long) or metaphorically (sky-high).
Translating English compound adjectives into Italian: problems and strategies
[The adjective rapid modifies the noun boil.] The saucepan was still hot, though.
Chapter 27: Adjectives, adverbs, and other modifiers
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