Abstract: There are abundant morphological changes in adjectives of Yi language with different morphological forms showing different grammatical categories and functions.This paper aims to describe and classify Yi adjective morphological forms.Moreover,it will show that different morphological forms of an adjective reflect different grammatical categories and meanings,which can be seen from their degree scales. In this sense,adjectives in Yi language have different “degrees”in grammatical category,specific syntactic functions and features.
Key words: Yi language; adjective; morphology; grammatical categories; syntactic function
The Chinese version appeared in Journal of Minzu University of China, 2016(3).