Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Word Formation Process - Spreadsheet3

    Uploaded by

    Lê Phan Bảo Như
    8 views2 pages
    This document categorizes and defines different types of adjectives in English based on their affixes or origins, including: 1) Deverbal adjectives with suffixes like -ent, -ant, and -ive; -ing and -ed; and -ful and -less. 2) Denominal adjectives with suffixes like -ish and -y; -en; and -able, -some, and -ly. 3) Deadjectival adjectives with prefixes like in-, un-, il-, and im- or suffixes like -ish.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    Word formation process - Spreadsheet3

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document categorizes and defines different types of adjectives in English based on their affixes or origins, including: 1) Deverbal adjectives with suffixes like -ent, -ant, and -ive; -ing and -ed; and -ful and -less. 2) Denominal adjectives with suffixes like -ish and -y; -en; and -able, -some, and -ly. 3) Deadjectival adjectives with prefixes like in-, un-, il-, and im- or suffixes like -ish.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    8 views2 pages

    Word Formation Process - Spreadsheet3

    Uploaded by

    Lê Phan Bảo Như
    This document categorizes and defines different types of adjectives in English based on their affixes or origins, including: 1) Deverbal adjectives with suffixes like -ent, -ant, and -ive; -ing and -ed; and -ful and -less. 2) Denominal adjectives with suffixes like -ish and -y; -en; and -able, -some, and -ly. 3) Deadjectival adjectives with prefixes like in-, un-, il-, and im- or suffixes like -ish.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 2

    Adjective Affix

    -able/ -ible

    Deverbal Adjectives -ent, -ant, -ive

    -ing, -ed, -en

    -ful, -less

    -al, -ic, -ical

    Denominal Adjectives -ish, -y

    -en

    -able, -some, -ly

    in-, un-, il-, im-


    Deadjectival Adjectives
    -ish
    Meaning Example
    able to be V-ed suitable, likable, edible

    tending to V active, passive, competitive

    interesting/ interested, boring/ bored,


    causing/ having an emotion
    exciting/ excited
    hopeless, jobless, careful, beautiful,
    having much/ no N
    successful
    classic/ classical, historic/ historical,
    related to N
    economic/ economical

    having the quality of N foolish, childish, blackish, lucky, funny

    made of N earthen, wooden, woolen

    lovely, friendly, handsome, troublesome,


    other meanings
    desirable, accountable

    negative A inexpensive, impossible, irregular

    attenuative A yellowish, thirtyish, lazyish

    You might also like