Comparative Concept: referent expression (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
referent expression (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | referent expression |
| Assoziiert |
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Definition
the head of a referring phrase, which is not necessarily an object. Example: in Hiking in the desert is wonderful, hiking is a referent expression. (Section 2.2.4)