adjectivity
nounEtymology From adjective + -ity.
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Usually The state or condition of being an adjective.
- To the extent that predicate position is an indication of adjectivity, however, soon represents no radical departure from the norm.1995, Robert Beard, Lexeme-morpheme Base Morphology:
- Note that the declensional schwa appearing under certain conditions on prenominal adjectives in Dutch is not a bona fide adjectivity marker.1999, Peter Ackema, Issues in Morphosyntax:
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- adjectivity is often indicated by the means of derivational morphology2001, Östen Dahl, Past and Present: