2.4 ADJECTIVES Adjectives indicate physical properties of nouns, including their size, shape, color and so on. They also indicate qualities, such as good' or bad. An interesting question is whether or not all languages have adjectives.
2.4.1 Positions and functions of adjectives There are two basic functions which ADJECTIVES and adjective phrases (APs) filfr known as the ATTRIBUTIVE and the PREDICATIVE functions. Attributive adjectives directly modify a noun, and normally have a fixed position. In some languages the adjective precedes the noun, as in English, Hungarian and Greek (the adjective is in bold):