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