LINGUIST List 8.1134

Mon Aug 4 1997

Sum: Adjectives

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

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1. Charles J. Fillmore, adjectives, terminology, follow-up

Colleagues,

Yesterday's question about needing a term for a distinction in
adjective use yielded lots of helpful responses. The terms I'll
settle on are "relational" and "qualitative". Thanks especially to
Robert Beard.

(ECONOMIC is mainly relational; ECONOMICAL is mainly qualitative;
EDUCATIONAL in 'educational institution' is relational; in
'educational experience' it's qualitative; etc.)

Chuck Fillmore
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