Adnominals (part 2)
Adnominals
• All / those / marvellous / Harry Potter books
• 4 slots
– All = predeterminer
• All, both, rather, quite, such, what
– Those = determiner (article)
• Deictics, quantifier det, poss. det, spec gen
– Marvellous = adjective
– HP = embedded NP
All those marvellous Harry Potter books
• Adjectives
– Position of adjective
– Comparative/superlative
– Nominalized adjectives
– Types of adjectives (semantics)
Focus of information
• Julia was carrying a battered old suitcase.
• The suitcase she was carrying was old and battered.
• He had a beautiful smile – his smile was beautiful.
• A sad story – the story is sad
Attributive (adnominal) and predicative (complement) position
Adnominals
• All / those / marvellous / Harry Potter books
• 4 slots
– All = predeterminer
• All, both, rather, quite, such, what
– Those = determiner (article)
• Deictics, quantifier det, poss. det, spec gen
– Marvellous = adjective
– HP = embedded NP
All those marvellous Harry Potter books
• Adjectives
– Position of adjective
– Comparative/superlative
– Nominalized adjectives
– Types of adjectives (semantics)
Focus of information
• Julia was carrying a battered old suitcase.
• The suitcase she was carrying was old and battered.
• He had a beautiful smile – his smile was beautiful.
• A sad story – the story is sad
Attributive (adnominal) and predicative (complement) position
