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An adjective Phrase is a group of related words in which the main word is an adjective.
(Betty2010:62)
An adjective phrase can also be defined as a word group with an adjective as its head
and modifiers, determiners, and/or qualifiers which distinguish it. For example;
Adjective phrases usually consist of a pre-head string, Head (an adjective) and a post-
Head string.
I.e Adjective phrases =premodifier(s) + Head(adjective) + Post-head string
PRE-HEAD/ PREMODIFIER
Pre-modifiers occur before the headword and in Adjective phrase it can be;
HEAD WORD
Head word is a word which is the nucleus, or the head of a phrase and in an adjective
phrase it is an adjective for example;
She was happy to meet you.
The students are ready to go.
Peter is afraid of the dark
We must add a complement (post-head string) to the adjective fond to complete its
meaning.
Post modifiers include all the items that appear after the headword, ie after the
adjectives and in an Adjective phrase it can be;
Prepositional Phrases
Adverb
That- clause
Wh-clauses
To-finitive clause
Discontinuous modifier:
1. Prepositional Phrases
He is afraid to drive
5. Discontinuous modifier:
Premodifier of a noun
Subject complement
Object complement
Postmodifler of a pronoun
Postmodifler of a noun
Complement of a preposition
1. Premodifier of a noun
3. Object complement
4. . Postmodifler of a noun
5. Complement of a preposition
6. Nominal adjective