Revue Maghrébine des Langues
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 237-246
2003-12-31

Adjectives In English And Kabyle A Contrastive Study



Authors : Belkhir Sadia .

Abstract

My paper entitled “Adjectives in English and Kabyle: a Contrastive Study” has originated from my interest in a controversial issue in Berber linguistics, namely, the existence / non-existence of adjectives as a distinct word class in the Berber language. I have noticed that there is disagreement among Berber scholars concerning the existence of adjectives in Berber. Some linguists among whom figures Willms (1972) (cf. Chaker (1996)), Bentolila (1981) and El Moujahid (1997) claim that the category of adjectives is non-existent and that qualification is achieved by means of nouns and verbs of quality. Other linguists such as Penchoen (1973) and Chaker (1996) assert that there is a class of adjectives whose main function is to modify substantives.

Keywords

Adjectives -English - Kabyle

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