Comparative Concept: modification construction (cxn)

modification construction (cxn)

Typ construction
Alias(se) modification construction • (referent) modification construction • referent modification construction
Assoziiert

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referent expression (cxn) attributive phrase (cxn)

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referring phrase (cxn)
modification construction (cxn)
adjective modification construction (cxn) anaphoric-head construction (cxn) anchoring construction (cxn) mensural modification construction (cxn) nominal modification construction (cxn) numeral modification construction (cxn) quantifier modification construction (cxn) set-member modification construction (cxn) typifying construction (cxn) free modification construction (cxn) action modification construction (cxn)

Definition

a construction that consists of the referent expression and an attributive phrase (or phrases) that are dependent on that referent expression. Example: the referring phrase my mother's book is an instance of an English modification construction made up of the referent expression (book) plus the Possessive attributive phrase my mother's. (Section 2.2.4, Chapters 4–5)