Abstract
The category of adjectives consists of lexical items that characteristically represent properties of entities such as dimension, age, color, speed, etc. A full-fledged adjective phrase is typically composed of an adverb and an adjective. This chapter mainly deals with the modifying function of adjectives and adjective phrases. Copyright © 2016 Cambridge University Press.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | A reference grammar of Chinese |
| Editors | Chu-Ren HUANG , Dingxu SHI |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 276-296 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781139028462 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780521769396, 9780521181051 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |