Comparative Concept: modifier (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
modifier (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | modifier |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | modifier (cxn) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
the head of an attributive phrase. Example: in nearly fifty trees, fifty is a modifier. A prototypical modifier, a property concept, is an adjective. (Section 2.2.4)