Comparative Concept: piece term (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
piece term (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | piece term |
| Assoziiert |
Partonomie
Taxonomie
Definition
a mensural term that selects an amount of a referent which is usually a separated, arbitrary part of the object. Example: in a slice of meat, slice is a piece term. (Section 4.1.3)