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Predicative vs Adjunct - What's the difference?

predicative | adjunct |

In grammar|lang=en terms the difference between predicative and adjunct

is that predicative is (grammar) an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb predicatives may be nominal or adjectival while adjunct is (grammar) a dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "i typed for a while".

As adjectives the difference between predicative and adjunct

is that predicative is (grammar|of an adjectival or nominal) used after a verb, as a predicate; while adjunct is connected in a subordinate function.

As nouns the difference between predicative and adjunct

is that predicative is (grammar) an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb predicatives may be nominal or adjectival while adjunct is an appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.

predicative

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Alternative forms

* (dated)

Adjective

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  • (grammar, of an adjectival or nominal) Used after a verb, as a predicate;
    • In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative , whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.

    Antonyms

    * attributive

    Derived terms

    * predicatively * predicative adjective

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
    • ; Examples * He seems nice.''''' (adjectival ' predicative of the subject) * Bob is a postman'''.'' (nominal ' predicative of the subject) * We painted the door white'''.'' (adjectival ' predicative of the object) * They elected him president'''.'' (nominal ' predicative of the object)

    adjunct

    English

    (wikipedia adjunct)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
  • A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
    • (Wotton)
  • (grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".
  • (rhetoric) Symploce.
  • (dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
  • (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
  • (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
  • *
    • We can see from (34) that Determiners are sisters of N-bar and daughters of
    N-double-bar; Adjuncts' are both sisters and daughters of N-bar; and Comple-
    ments are sisters of N and daughters of N-bar. This means that '''Adjuncts''' re-
    semble Complements in that both are daughters of N-bar; but they differ from
    Complements in that '''Adjuncts''' are sisters of N-bar, whereas Complements are
    sisters of N. Likewise, it means that '''Adjuncts''' resemble Determiners in that
    both are sisters of N-bar, but they differ from Determiners in that '     Adjuncts
    are daughters of N-bar, whereas Determiners are daughters of N-double-bar.

    Derived terms

    * adjuncthood * adjunctive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Connected in a subordinate function.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Though that my death were adjunct to my act.
  • Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.