Comparative Concept: locative modification construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
locative modification construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | locative modification construction |
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Definition
a referring phrase that expresses a figure–ground spatial relation between the ground object functioning as the modifier and the figure functioning as the modified referent. Example: the bicycle in the garage is a locative modification construction. (Section 4.1.4)