The SPECIALIST Lexicon

Adjective Variants

  • Adjective Inflection:

    Format:     variants=fillers

    Allowable fillers for regular adjectives:

    CodeDefinitionsExamples
        variants=regRegular formation for comparative and superlative fine, clear, gray,
        variants=regdRegular doubling formation for comparative and superlative. The base form and it's spelling vatiants must end with VC, where V is a vowel and C is a consonant.fat

    Allowable fillers for irregular adjectives:

    CodeDefinitionsExamples
        variants=irreg|arg1|arg2|arg3|Irregular inflectional formsgood, bad, shy, pricey, far

    Other allowable fillers for adjectives:

    CodeDefinitionsExamples
        variants=invInvariant adjectives have no morphological comparative or superlative form medical, daily, weekly, acoustic,vertical
        variants=inv;periphPeriphrastic adjectives form their comparative and superlative with more and most. Periphrastic adjective are necessary invariant.beautiful, practical, feasible, visible