Comparative Concept: attributive phrase (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
attributive phrase (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | attributive phrase |
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Definition
a construction that performs the act of modification. Example: in a very slow truck, the attributive phrase very slow modifies the truck with respect to its speed. The head of an attributive phrase is a modifier. The prototypical attributive phrase is an adjectival phrase. (Sections 2.2.2, 4.1.1)