Adjectival Phrases in English and Kurdish: A Contrastive Study

Abbas, Abbas Mustafa

	Adjectival Phrases in English and Kurdish: A Contrastive Study
Journal of Language Studies
Volume 2, Issue 4, October 2019, Pages 91-114 PDF (854.57 K)
Document Type: Original Article
Author
Abbas Mustafa Abbas
College of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani
Abstract
This research is an attempt to show the similarities and differences of adjectival phrases in both English and Kurdish languages and to present how the two languages are rich in using adjectival phrases. English and Kurdish adjectives have some similar and different properties which affect language learning/teaching and translation. Adjectival phrases in both languages have the same syntactic and predicative functions. Moreover, in both languages superlative adjectives are dealt with morphologically. Throughout this contrastive study, we will be able to recognize the mistakes and differentiate between the adjectival phrases in these two languages. As a result, researchers will know how to use adjectival phrases correctly without any confusion. This study is of four sections. The first one deals with a brief introduction summarizing the importance of the work. The second section is about adjectival phrases in English, detailed definitions, and the types of adjectives supported by examples. A short definition of adjectives in English and Kurdish is given. Whereas the third part independently, introduces with details the adjectival phrases in Kurdish language; its meaning, and functions supported with examples. The fourth section focuses on a short comparative study between adjectival phrases in English and Kurdish shedding light on the similarities and differences between adjectival phrases in English and Kurdish Languages followed by a summary of the study.
Keywords
Languages; Similarity; The different; Attributes

Statistics Article View: 41 PDF Download: 20