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The points for today’s discussion:
1. What does the
notion “adjective” denote?
2. What morphological characteristics are typical to
the adjective?
3. Which kinds of adjectives do you know?
Give the characteristics (qualitative, relative, etc)
4. Which morphological composition may the adjective have?
5. Which adjective forming suffixes do you know?
6. Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed?
7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language
8. The adjectival position in a sentence
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DEFINITION TO KNOW
THE ADJECTIVE IS A GRAMMATICAL CLASS
OF WORDS WHICH DENOTE QUALITY OF THE SUBSTANCE DESCRIBED,
OR A CERTAIN RELATION TO THE DENOTED SUBSTANCE.
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The points for today’s discussion:
2. What morphological characteristics
are typical to the adjective?
3. Which kinds of
adjectives do you know?
Give the characteristics (qualitative, relative, etc)
4. Which morphological composition may the adjective have?
5. Which adjective forming suffixes do you know?
6. Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed?
7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language
8. The adjectival position in a sentence
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THE MAIN NOUNAL MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
DEGREES OF COMPARISON
- adjectival grammatical category typical to the qualitative adjectives
only and denoting the different extent of some quality, presented in an object
Comparative –Superlative
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The points for today’s discussion:
3. Which kinds of
adjectives do you know?
Give the characteristics (qualitative, relative, etc)
4.
Which morphological composition may the adjective have?
5. Which adjective forming suffixes do you know?
6. Which ways can the degrees of comparison be formed?
7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language
8. The adjectival position in a sentence
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THE MAIN CRITERIA OF ADJECTIVAL DIVISION
THE QUALITY
OR RELATION
(what the adjective denotes…)
THE STRUCTURE
(how the adjective
is formed…)
THE DEGREE OF THE QUALITY TO BE PRESENTED
( comparative\ superlative degrees)
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TYPES OF ADJECTIVES
QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVES –the adjectives denoting the
quality of the substance
(a nice picture, hot weather,
an expensive car)
RELATIVE ADJECTIVES – the adjectives denoting the material, or origin of the substance or transfer the qualities from one object to another
(a rainy day, a green grass, silver cutlery, silvery moon, French wine)
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4. Which morphological composition may the adjective have?
5.
Which adjective forming suffixes do you know?
6. Which ways
can the degrees of comparison be formed?
7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language
8. The adjectival position in a sentence
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TYPES OF ADJECTIVAL STRUCTURE
SIMPLE ADJECTIVES
one syllable(big, hot, large)
Two syllable, ending -ow, -ble, -er, -y
DERIVED ADJECTIVES
all
the rest two syllable adjectives
adjectives having more than two syllables
COMPOUND ADJECTIVES (two stems: N+A; A+A)
AMORPHOUS ADJECTIVES (simple, sincere, severe, polite, common)
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The points for today’s discussion:
5. Which adjectival forming
suffixes do you know?
6. Which ways can the degrees
of comparison be formed?
7. Which comparative constructions are there in the English language
8. The adjectival position in a sentence
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ADJECTIVAL FORMING SUFFIXES
-able (capable of being) manageable
-
ful (full
of)
boastful
-ic energetic
-ive (capable of being) attractive
-
ant hesitant
-ible (like - able)permissible, likable
-(i)an (historical
period, etc.) Victorian
-ish (having the quality of) foolish, reddish
-ly (having this quality) friendly
-ous humorous
-al occasional
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The compound adjectives of measurement
age
a three-year-old building
volume
a two-litre car
length a twelve-inch ruler
price a $50 dress (a fifty-dollar dress)
weight a five-kilo bag
-area a fifty-acre farm
duration a four-hour meeting
depth a six-foot hole
time/distance a ten-minute walk.
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SO, WHO MAY REMIND THE LAST CRITERION FOR
ADJECTIVAL DIVISION?
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Which ways can the degrees of comparison be
formed?
?
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WAYS OF FORMING THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON
PRODUCTIVE
NON -
PRODUCTIVE
1) SIMPLE ADJECTIVES
+ER ; THE.. EST
2) DERIVED
MORE+ ADJ;
THE MOST+ADJ
good-better –the best
bad –worse- the worst
much(many) –more the most
Little –less –the least
Far-farther-the farthest
Old –older-the oldest
elder –the eldest
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7. Which comparative constructions are there in the
English language
8. The adjectival position in a sentence
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EXISTING COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS…
+
COMPARATIVE
DEGREE
POSITIVE DEGREE
lot +.. гораздо
A far +.. гораздо
much+..гораздо
a bit + –немного
the.. the – чем… тем
+ SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
by far + .… самый-самый
as… as –
not so … as –
twice as… as
three times as.. As
half as much as
half the age
Half the size
Half the weight
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ФРАЗЕОЛОГИЗМЫ СРАВНЕНИЯ
as black as coal — черный как
сажа = мрачнее тучи;
as regular as clockwork — точный
как часы;
as blind as a bat — слепой как летучая мышь;
as happy as a king — довольный как слон;
;
as fresh as a daisy — свежий как маргаритка;
as tired as dog — устать как собака;
As old as hills — старо как мир;
as hungry as a wolf — голодный как волк;
as has-been as lemon — выжатый как лимон
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8. The adjectival position in a sentence
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WORD –COMBINATION CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE ADJECTIVES
OPINION —
SIZE — AGE — SHAPE— COLOUR — ORIGIN —
MATERIAL — NOUN
a wonderful old
green Chinese handmade— carpet
