Comparative Concept: structural coding (def)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
structural coding (def)
| Typ | def |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | structural coding |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | structural coding (def) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
the number of morphemes used to express the function of a construction. Example: in Harry's car, the clitic -'s expresses the function of modification by an object concept, and so is an example of structural coding of modification by one morpheme. (Section 2.5)