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(1979) Semiotics in Poland 1984–1969, Dordrecht, Springer.
The classification of adjectives into determining (…) and modifying (…) adjectives is well known. The former, when joined to a noun, add either a positive or a negative characteristic to its meaning (a "learned man", an "inexperienced person"); the latter, when joined to a noun, take away its original meaning. But, while losing its original meaning, a noun, when combined with a modifying adjective, becomes a name of an object to which the noun, taken in its original meaning, may no longer be applied (an "artificial limb", a "forged banknote", a "former minister", etc.). Furthermore, like adjectives, adverbs and adverbial phrases may also be classified into those that determine and those that modify.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-9777-6_5
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Twardowski, K. (1979)., Issues in the logic of adjectives, in J. Pelc (ed.), Semiotics in Poland 1984–1969, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 28-30.
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