Comparative Concept: modification construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
modification construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | modification construction • referent modification construction |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | modification construction (cxn) |
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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)