Comparative Concept: adjective (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
adjective (cxn)
Typ | construction |
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Alias(se) | adjective |
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Definition
the head of an attributive phrase that denotes a property. Example: the word new in a very new book is an adjective – it is a property concept that is the head of the attributive phrase very new and modifies book. (Sections 2.2.3, 4.1.1)