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What are the different types of adjectives?
The categories in the following table can be described as follows: 1. Determiners 2. Observation — postdeterminers and limiter adjectives (e.g., a real hero, a perfect idiot) and adjectives subject to subjective measure (e.g., beautiful, interesting) 3. Size and Shape — adjectives subject to objective measure (e.g., wealthy, large, round) 4. Age — adjectives denoting age (e.g., young, old, new, ancient) 5. Color — adjectives denoting color (e.g., red, black, pale) 6. Origin — denominal adjectives denoting source of noun (e.g., Kashmiri, Asian, American, African, Latin, Australian) 7. Material — denominal adjectives denoting what something is made of (e.g., woolen, metallic, wooden) 8. Qualifier — final limiter, often regarded as part of the noun (e.g., rocking chair, hunting cabin, passenger car, book cover) http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm |