This chapter discusses modification of the projection of the AP. [CORPUSEXAMPLES] The examples in ( 1) show that modification is only possible with set-denoting adjectives like aardig nice ; relational adjectives such as houten wooden , evaluative adjectives such as drommels , and some residuals including, e.g., modal adjectives such as vermeend alleged are generally not eligible for modification, and will therefore not be discussed in this chapter.
Example 1
a. |
een |
erg/vrij/... |
aardige |
man |
|
a |
very/rather/... |
nice |
man |
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b. |
een |
(*erg/*vrij/...) |
houten |
trein |
|
a |
very/rather/... |
wooden |
train |
|
c. |
een |
(*erg/*vrij/...) |
drommelse |
jongen |
|
a |
very/rather/... |
devilish |
boy |
|
d. |
de |
(*erg/*vrij/...) |
vermeende |
dader |
|
the |
very/rather/... |
alleged |
culprit |
|
This chapter is organized as follows. Section 3.1 will address modification of the scalar adjectives, followed in Section 3.2 by a discussion of modification of the absolute (non-scalar) adjectives. Section 3.3 addresses the role of the modifiers wel / niet ; it will be shown that besides their use as affirmative/negative markers, these elements can also be used as intensifiers. Section 3.4 continues with a discussion of modification of pronominalized adjectives. The discussion of modification of APs is concluded in Section 3.5 with a number of exceptional cases.