On English Passive Adjectives and their Features from Cognitive View
Tong Yi-ran
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Tong Yi-ran
Abstract
Some English adjectives imply passive relations.Normally such adjectives are derived from the corresponding verbs.Such adjectives have their uniqueness at their morphological,semantic and syntactic performances.The cognitive reason lies mostly in the process of categorization and the vagueness of the categories.
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Some English adjectives imply passive relations.Normally such adjectives are derived from the corresponding verbs.Such adjectives have their uniqueness at their morphological,semantic and syntactic performances.The cognitive reason lies mostly in the process of categorization and the vagueness of the categories.
Key concepts: Vagueness, Categorization, Linguistics, Cognition, Adjective, Syntactic structure, Semantic property, Uniqueness