Comparative Concept: adjectival phrase (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
adjectival phrase (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | adjectival phrase |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | adjectival phrase (cxn) |
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Definition
an attributive phrase whose head denotes a property concept. Example: in a very large balloon, very large is an adjectival phrase; the head large denotes a property concept. An adjectival phrase is the prototypical attributive phrase, and its head is an adjective. (Section 2.2.3)