Difference between revisions of "Adjectives"
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Because physical and psychological qualities - such as visual and physical attributes (color, size, texture), emotional states, and other such descriptors usually put across by use of adjectives in some languages - are expressed by use of stative verbs in Sereer, much of the discussion about Sereer adjectives will entail a discussion of verb syntax, particularly copular predication. |
Because physical and psychological qualities - such as visual and physical attributes (color, size, texture), emotional states, and other such descriptors usually put across by use of adjectives in some languages - are expressed by use of stative verbs in Sereer, much of the discussion about Sereer adjectives will entail a discussion of verb syntax, particularly copular predication. |
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| + | The following sections are dedicated to descriptions of various aspects of nominal modification in Sereer. |
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| − | [[Modification Strategies]]: This section outlines all the ways in which Sereer can syntactically and morphologically modify nouns, including -u adjectives, and relativizing na-adjectives. There is also a general discussion about 'true adjectives' (see section on [[Special Adjectives]]) as opposed to stative verb modification, and a section on notable coherent subclasses showing uniform morpho-syntactic patterns. |
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| − | [[Predication Strategies]]: This section details modification at the clausal level, particularly with respect to the several kinds of predicational copular clauses. |
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| − | [[Adjective Ordering]]: This section discusses the ordering constraints (or lack thereof) when multiple modifiers layer on a noun. |
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Latest revision as of 22:34, 15 May 2013
There does not seem to be any ordering constraints on the logical ordering of adjectives. That is, “the delicious sour fruit” is just as natural and acceptable as “the sour delicious fruit”. The only constraint is that the adjective or adjectives remain post-nominal. There is also an intermixing of modification strategies when multiple modifications occur (see section below on Adjective Ordering).
Because physical and psychological qualities - such as visual and physical attributes (color, size, texture), emotional states, and other such descriptors usually put across by use of adjectives in some languages - are expressed by use of stative verbs in Sereer, much of the discussion about Sereer adjectives will entail a discussion of verb syntax, particularly copular predication.
The following sections are dedicated to descriptions of various aspects of nominal modification in Sereer.
