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Lecture 5 Adjectives and Adjective Phrases I. Classification: 1. —— in terms of word formation one word adjectives: A consisting of one free morpheme Eg. good, fine, tall B consisting of a free morpheme as root plus a prefix or a suffix or both Eg. unhappy, lovely, unworkable compound adjectives: eg. breathtaking, bitter-sweet, warm-hearted 2 —— in terms of syntactic function central adjectives: able to be used as modifier in a noun phrase and as subject or object complement peripheral adjectives: unable to satisfy both the requirements A able to be used as mo