ABSTRACT
Adjectivals are words or constructions that modify noun phrases. Simple adjectivals consist of a single word, that is, an adjective. Complex adjectivals vary in their degree of complexity. Adjectivals express qualities that are ascribed to entities. In Turkish, as in other languages, they can be used attributively, that is as a modifier of a noun phrase, or predicatively, as the subject complement in a linking sentence or small clause. Adjectives can be modified by a preceding adverbial of degree in order to indicate the intensity of the attribute denoted by the adjective. The superlative form of an adjective defines the entity or set expressed by the following noun as the one which possesses the highest degree of the attribute denoted by the adjective. Certain adjectives, in at least some of their senses, require a noun phrase complement to complete their meaning. The case marking required on the complement is fixed for any given adjective.
