Abstract

It has been noticed that the existing literature on the English language does not treat the phenomenon of incomparable or absolute adjectives to the necessary extent. This refers primarily to the most influential grammar books of the language. The present paper is concerned with the problem of comparison of absolute adjectives, as well as with the relation of definiteness and comparability and the analysis of periphrastic structures for comparative formation with simple adjectives and adverbs. A possible classification of incomparable adjectives into five groups has been offered here, as well as an interpretation of certain occurrences in the intersection of form and meaning when it comes to the grammatical category of comparison