For example: slight effort, feeble joke. Restrictive adjective is an adjective clause that cannot be separated from the main clause without the sentence changing its meaning. For example: I refuse to live in any house that Tom built. An older person who dresses like a teenager is often ridiculed. Adjectives related to adverbs are non-inherent, neither restrictive or intensifying. For example: a former friend, past students, present king. Denominal adjectives are adjectives that are derived from nouns. For example: A wooden boat, biological father 2) Predicatives are adjectives that come after the noun and they usually refer to a condition instead of characterizing a noun. For example: I felt ill/unwell. Many of the predicative adjectives require complements after them. For example: He’s fond of Mary. I am aware of the situation. 6.5 Semantic classification of adjectives Stative/dynamic.
Gradable/non-gradable: Most adjectives are gradable. Gradability is manifested through comparison: tall ~taller ~tallest beautiful ~more beautiful ~most beautiful It is also manifested though modification of intensifiers: very tall so beautiful extremely useful All dynamic and most stative adjectives are gradable; some stative adjectives are not, principally denominal adjectives like atomic scientist and hydrochloric acid, and adjectives denoting provenance, eg: British. Inherent/noninherent: Most adjectives are inherent. For example the inherent adjective in a wooden cross applies to the referent of the object directly: a wooden cross is also a wooden object. On the other hand in a wooden actor the adjective is noninherent: a wooden actor is not (presumably) a wooden man. INHERENT NONINHERENT a firm handshake a firm friend
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