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In linguistics, a subsective modifier is an expression which modifies another by delivering a subset of its denotation. For instance, the English adjective "skilled" is subsective since being a skilled surgeon entails being a surgeon. By contrast, the English adjective "alleged" is non-subsective since an "alleged spy" need not be an actual spy ...
In linguistics, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure [1] which modifies the meaning of another element in the structure. For instance, the adjective "red" acts as a modifier in the noun phrase "red ball", providing extra details about which particular ball is being referred to.
In linguistics, an intersective modifier is an expression which modifies another by delivering the intersection of their denotations.One example is the English adjective "blue", whose intersectivity can be seen in the fact that being a "blue pig" entails being both blue and a pig.
For example, the adjective carnivorous is intersective, given the extension of carnivorous mammal is the intersection of the extensions of carnivorous and mammal (i.e., the set of all mammals who are carnivorous). An adjective is subsective if and only if the extension of its combination with a noun is a subset of the extension of the noun.
Privative adjectives are non-subsective, but behave differently from ordinary non-subsectives in important respects, at least in English. While ordinary non-subsectives such as the modal adjective "alleged" can only be used in attributive position, privative adjectives can be used either in attributive or predicative position.
A subsective adjective, together with a noun, need not only hold for a _proper_ subset of the noun. 'Carnivorous' is subsective, but the extension of 'carnivorous cat' is equal to the set cat. Finally, this section only discusses are small part of the semantics of adjectives, and should be extended. Ted BJ 20:57, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
Proper adjective; S. Subsective modifier This page was last edited on 27 February 2024, at 16:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
English adjectives form a large open category of words in English which, semantically, tend to denote properties such as size, colour, mood, quality, age, ...