Comparative Concept: anchoring construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
anchoring construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | anchoring construction • anchoring (nominal modification) construction • anchoring nominal modification construction |
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Definition
a nominal modifier construction whose object - modifier functions as an anchor. Example: Peter's bag is an anchoring construction, since the identity of Peter allows the interlocutors to identify the referent of bag. (Section 5.2.1)