Comparative Concept: zero coded strategy (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
zero coded strategy (str)
Typ | strategy (def) |
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Alias(se) | zero coded strategy • zero code • zero coding |
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Spraakbanken | zero coded strategy (str) |
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Definition
a strategy in which there is no overt form in the construction that encodes the relevant function of the construction. Example: in the English Adjectival Modification Construction illustrated by tall trees, there is no overt form that codes the modification function of the property concept denoted by tall. (Section 2.4)