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Traditionally adjective phrases are defined as phrases that consist of an adjective and any modifier such as adverbs and preposition. They are the most frequent and considered the most prototypical grammatical from that function as noun modifiers. This research ,in particular, deals with one aspect of adjectives, namely, compound. They are words, phrases and clauses that function as adjective. They named "compound adjectives", e.g. [The green-house effect]. It is important to introduce this descriptive class of words, to compare with Arabic language in order to maintain or limit the most important similarities and differences that can be found in both systems. Also we see as(an experience teacher of English language) that the students need to be aware and understand the meaning ,proper usage of this descriptive tools in order to develop their proficiency in English language. The present research is divided into three sections. The first section has been devoted to study compound adjectives in English. It examines different kinds of compound adjectives viz., hyphen and non hyphen classified on the bases of form, meaning and function. It studies the syntactic function of compound adjectives i.e. as a pre modifier of the noun phrase and their restriction use whether it is hyphenated or non-¬hyphenated The second section has attempted a descriptive analysis of the two types of compound adjectives in Arabic viz., actual and causal, on the basis of their references and syntactic features. It describes the restrictions uses of the two types. Finally, on the basis of the descriptive analysis of compound adjectives in English and Arabic done separately in section 1 and section 2 respectively, a contrastive study is attempted in section 3, to bring out the similarities and dissimilarities between the two systems.
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