Despite their simple syntactic form, adjective-noun combinations seem to have no straightforward semantic method that parallels the simplicity of the syntax. Conventionally, adjectives are to blame for this behaviour. Such a belief has culminated in the generally accepted view that adjectives should be semantically analyzed as belonging to a hierarchy of the following structure: 1. Intersective e.g. red as in That is a red rose 2. Subsective: 2.1 Subsective-only e.g. veteran as in John is a veteran soldier 2.2 Double or "doublet" e.g. beautiful as in Maria is a beautiful dancer 3. Non-subsective: 3.1 Non-privative e.g. potential as in John is a potential candidate 3.2 Privative e.g. fafe as in That is a fake gun .
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