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	'''~~Extensional~~ adjective''' is an [[attributive adjective]] which can simply be interpreted as a set, because its [[denotation]] does not depend on the noun with which it is combined.		An '''extensional adjective''' is an [[attributive adjective]] which can simply be interpreted as a set, because its [[denotation]] does not depend on the noun with which it is combined (e.g. 'red'). This is not true for [[subsective adjective]]s (like ''big'' in ''big mouse''), [[syncategorematic adjective]]s (like ''good'' in ''good violinist'') and [[intensional adjective]]s (like ''present'' in ''present queen'').

	=== Example ===		=== Example ===

	''red, female, living'' are extensional adjectives. The combination of an extensional adjective with a noun is interpreted as the intersection of the denotations of the adjective and the noun. Thus the expression ''red rose'' is interpreted as the intersection of the set of red things and the set of roses. (For this reason extensional adjectives are also called ~~intersective adjectives). This is not true for subsective adjectives (like~~ ''~~big'' in ''big mouse''), [[syncategorematic~~ adjectives~~]] (like ''good'' in ''good violinist~~'') ~~and~~ [[~~intensional adjectives~~]] ~~(like ''present'' in ''present queen'').~~		''red, female, living'' are extensional adjectives. The combination of an extensional adjective with a noun is interpreted as the intersection of the denotations of the adjective and the noun. Thus the expression ''red rose'' is interpreted as the intersection of the set of red things and the set of roses. (For this reason extensional adjectives are also called ''intersective adjectives'').

			===Synonym===
			*[[intersective adjective]]

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	=== References ===		=== References ===

	* Chierchia ~~and~~ McConnell-Ginet 1990. ''Meaning and grammar,'' MIT Press~~, Cambridge, Mass~~.		* [[Chierchia, Gennaro]] & [[McConnell-Ginet, Sally]]. 1990. ''Meaning and grammar.'' Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

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'''Extensional adjective''' is an [[attributive adjective]] which can simply be interpreted as a set, because its [[denotation]] does not depend on the noun with which it is combined.

=== Example ===

''red, female, living'' are extensional adjectives. The combination of an extensional adjective with a noun is interpreted as the intersection of the denotations of the adjective and the noun. Thus the expression ''red rose'' is interpreted as the intersection of the set of red things and the set of roses. (For this reason extensional adjectives are also called intersective adjectives). This is not true for subsective adjectives (like ''big'' in ''big mouse''), [[syncategorematic adjectives]] (like ''good'' in ''good violinist'') and [[intensional adjectives]] (like ''present'' in ''present queen'').

=== Link ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Extensional+adjective&lemmacode=806 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet 1990. ''Meaning and grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

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