Linguistics - Adjectives and pronouns

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Linguistics, adjectives, pronouns, prescriptivism, descriptivism

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Adverbs must modify the verb. For instance: She played the guitar dreadfully. The adverb doesn't always change the verb and describes the speaker's attitude.
Prescriptivism leads to binary distinctions. One particular form is considered to be more elegant, easier to understand etc. It implies that there are two possibilities and that one is the preferred option. The other option comes from oral/spoken or from a local variety. As a result, other varieties of English are classified as "non-standard" and non-desirable.

Category and Function
Adjectives and Degrees
Extreme Adjectives
Substantive Adjectives
Gender and 3rd-person Pronouns
Theoretical Framework

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[...] Quite maximiser, stress on the adjective, newer than I expected. Completely, totally... Extreme Adjectives Not gradable since they refer to the limit of a scale. They are not usually found in the comparative or superlative and not strengthened in meaning by using the adverb very. How do we intensify their meaning. In spoken english : fabulous absolutely fabulous. You can use the word "absolutely". NB : Quite + extreme adjective = completely/totally. You are quite correct. 3 absolute adjectives Not to be confused with extreme, they are not associated with a scale but conceptualized in terms of either/or. [...]

[...] If first person is the subject, is it dynamic? (action verb) is a stative verb and is not a verb of mental process "feel"... verb of mental process. does not act upon someone or something. How can we explain the areas where is used? Tony Blair wants to start and end on a personal note. Maybe not by chance and the speech is carefully structured. It also creates idea that this is not a political speech personal grief. Uses everyday vocabulary = devastated... [...]

[...] In time : We are today. Presentation of quotations = important : number the quotation and a new line for each quotation and the line number, you underline the information. L.8 We are today l .16 Not just here in Britain Theoritical framework = lesson. Analysis = applying the theoritical framework. Identification in first person singular then first person plural. How many occurrences. Comment on it : is it a direct object? Possessive determiner? Possessive pronoun? What kind of verbs? [...]

[...] Position of prescriptivists : insist that absolute adjectives can't be modified. List like : square, round, dead, entire, false, obvious. BUT. in usage you can modify them a bit. Some adjectives are gradable and absolute : perfect, infinite and unique. They have a central original meaning which represents an absolute concept but they've developed diapo. Prescriptivists are against the modification of those adjectives but words change in meaning. English is a living language. They can develop weaker meaning. Cours 4 : 14/02/2023 Compound adjectives. [...]

[...] Used before nouns instead of a possessive expression "That" is rarely found in non-defining relatives. Linguists Huddleston and Pullum say that "that" is not a relative pronoun but conjunction. Main argument = cannot be preceded by a preposition. That is usually after superlatives or ordinal numbers. The man whom I saw you talking to The man to whom I saw you talking Both are possible, however, when the preposition precedes the relative pronoun we call it pied-piping. If it is still at the end of the relative it is stranding. [...]

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