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Adjective Usage

Adjective Usage is a linguistic device in descriptive writing that belongs to the class of syntactic and lexical strategies, specifically distinguished by its function in modifying nouns to convey qualitative, quantitative, or classificatory attributes, thereby enhancing the precision and vividness of textual description.

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Adjectives in English: Attribution and predication

Dwight Bolinger · Lingua · 1967 · 719 citations

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Where Have all the Adjectives Gone?*

R. M. W. Dixon · Studies in Language · 1977 · 638 citations

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A Grammar of the Arabic Language

Sami A. Hanna, William Wright · Modern Language Journal · 1970 · 572 citations

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Where have all the adjectives gone? and other essays in semantics and syntax. By Robert M. W. Dixon Berlin: Mouton, 1982. Pp. xiv, 256. DM 68.00.

Keith Allan · Language · 1985 · 571 citations

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Understanding and Using English Grammar

Ilona Leki, Betty S. Azar · TESOL Quarterly · 1982 · 481 citations

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    Elena Tribushinina

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    5 publications · 135 citations

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    M. Carmen Parafita Couto

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 115 citations

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    Gregory Scontras

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    3 publications · 125 citations

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  4. DR
    Dorit Ravid

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    3 publications · 125 citations

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    Dwight Bolinger

    California Southern University, United States

    3 publications · 861 citations

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  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    655 citations

  2. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    234 citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    375 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    174 citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    161 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    678 citations

  7. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    208 citations

  8. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    314 citations

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  1. Journal of Child Language

    8 publications · 355 citations

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  2. Language

    6 publications · 742 citations

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  3. Child Development

    6 publications · 281 citations

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  4. Lingua

    6 publications · 845 citations

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  5. Journal of Marketing Research

    5 publications · 224 citations

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