The development of the grammatical categories of adjective

This work is about the development and the changes of the English adjectives in Old English, Middle English, and Modern English. All languages in the world develop and change. A language is always developing and changes from generations to generations. Speakers of a certain language cannot prevent the language they speak from developing or changing. The development and the change of a language is not only on the lexicon, but it can be on the other elements of the linguistics, and the causes of the changes are various, such as: the political, social, cultural and technological development.

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……....3
1 The English adjective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……………..5
2 Old English adjective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …………....6
3 Middle English adjective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……………12
4 Early Modern English adjective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………………15
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……20
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …...21