Comparative Concept: headless (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
headless (str)
| Typ | strategy (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | headless • null anaphoric head |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | headless (str) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a strategy for the anaphoric-head construction in which there is no overt morpheme that functions as the head. Example: in My bicycle is older than Greg's, the anaphoric-head construction Greg's has no overt morpheme functioning as the head. (Section 5.4)