Adjective may be more rigid in some languages than others; in some, like Spanish, it may only be a default ("unmarked") word order, with other orders being permissible. Other languages, such as Tagalog, follow their adjectival orders as rigidly as English. The normal adjectival order of English may be overridden in certain circumstances, especially when one adjective is being fronted. In addition, the usual order of adjectives in English would result in the phrase "the bad big wolf" (opinion before size), but instead the usual phrase is "the big bad wolf", perhaps because the ablaut reduplication rule that high vowels precede
Adjective phrase phrase "of wealth" modifies "a man" in a manner similar to how an adjective phrase would, and it can be reworded with an adjective, e.g. "Mr Clinton is a wealthy man". A more accurate term for such cases is "phrasal attributive" or "attributive phrase". Constituency tests can also be used to identify adjectives and adjective phrases. Here are the three constituency tests, according to X-bar theory, that prove the adjective phrase is both a constituent, and an AP. Sentence = Sam ordered a very spicy pizza. 1) Coordination tests can be used to confirm if "very spicy" is an adjective