Comparative Concept: nominal phrase (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
nominal phrase (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | nominal phrase |
| Assoziiert |
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Definition
a referring phrase whose head denotes an object concept. Example: a large balloon is a nominal phrase; the head balloon denotes an object concept. A nominal phrase is the prototypical referring phrase, and its head is a noun. (Section 2.2.3)