Alexey86
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There are so-called performative verbs in English: to apologize, to declare, to demand, to order and several others. In speech these verbs carry out the acts/actions they mean: when we say I apologize we in fact make an apology; by saying I declare we make a declaration.
There are also adjectives that are what they mean:
- the word short is quite short (long isn't long)
- the word understandable is understandable
- the word old is old (new isn't new)
- the word inanimate is inanimate
What would you call these adjectives? Can you give more examples?
There are also adjectives that could be what they mean depending on context. The word interesting could be interesting to someone, but to be interesting is not an inherent feature of this word.
There are also adjectives that are what they mean:
- the word short is quite short (long isn't long)
- the word understandable is understandable
- the word old is old (new isn't new)
- the word inanimate is inanimate
What would you call these adjectives? Can you give more examples?
There are also adjectives that could be what they mean depending on context. The word interesting could be interesting to someone, but to be interesting is not an inherent feature of this word.
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