Adjectives without nouns
Adjectives (Adj) generally appear as an attribute of a noun. However, some languages allow for adjectives to appear in sentences that lack a noun, where they serve the function of the noun (AdjNoN). The various types of this construction are detailed in this parameter.
Types:
Adj=N: The language does not have a clear distinction between nouns and adjectives, and so the use of adjectives as nouns is not relevant.
Adj=V: The language does not have a clear distinction between adjectives and verbs, and so the use of adjectives as nouns is not relevant.
NoAdjNoN: Adjectives cannot appear without a noun.
AdjNoN=Adj: Adjectives can appear without a noun; the bare adjective appears with no morphological change.
AdjNoNPref: Adjectives can appear without a noun; this requires the use of a nominalizer prefix.
AdjNoNSuff: Adjectives can appear without a noun; this requires the use of a nominalizer suffix.
WAdjNoN: Adjectives can appear without a noun; this requires the use of a given word before the adjective.
AdjNoNW: Adjectives can appear without a noun; this requires the use of a given word after the adjective.
AdjNoNMix: Adjectives can appear without a noun; this requires the use of a specific strategy, or some combination of different strategies.1