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Attributive expression information


In grammar, an attributive expression is a word or phrase within a noun phrase that modifies the head noun. It may be an:

  • attributive adjective
  • attributive noun
  • attributive verb

or other part of speech, such as an attributive numeral.

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Attributive expression

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Look up attributive expression in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In grammar, an attributive expression is a word or phrase within a noun phrase that...

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Predicative expression

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drawn between predicative (also predicate) and attributive expressions. Further, predicative expressions are typically not clause arguments, and they are...

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Adjective

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separately, as determiners. Here are some examples: That's a funny idea. (attributive) That idea is funny. (predicative) Tell me something funny. (postpositive)...

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Object complement

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grammar, an object complement is a predicative expression that follows a direct object of an attributive ditransitive verb or resultative verb and that...

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Expletive

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a word or expression that is strongly impolite or offensive Expletive infixation, morphological process of inserting expletive attributive or profanity...

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Noun adjunct

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adjunct in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In grammar, a noun adjunct, attributive noun, qualifying noun, noun (pre)modifier, or apposite noun is an optional...

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Privative adjective

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adjective "alleged" can only be used in attributive position, privative adjectives can be used either in attributive or predicative position. In this regard...

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Intensifier

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expletive attributives (or, equivalently, attributive expletives or attributive-only expletives; they also qualify as expressive attributives), because...

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Compound modifier

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phrasal adjective, or adjectival phrase) is a compound of two or more attributive words: that is, two or more words that collectively modify a noun. Compound...

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Noun

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nouns or proper nouns that can occur with determiners, articles and attributive adjectives, and can function as the head of a noun phrase. According...

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Japanese adjectives

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taking the 〜の particles when functioning attributively (in the genitive case), and verbs in the attributive form. These are considered separate classes...

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Noun phrase

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these dependents are: determiners, such as the, this, my, some, Jane's attributive adjectives, such as large, beautiful, sweeter adjective phrases and participial...

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Interjection

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An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction. It is a diverse category...

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Logic translation

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problems of their own. Further problematic expressions are definite descriptions, conditional sentence, and attributive adjectives, as well as mass nouns and...

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Gerundive

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gerundive could be used as either a predicative or an attributive adjective. However, attributive use was rare, largely confined to verbs expressing approval...

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Pleonasm

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in the German language still dictates that the definite article die, attributive adjective alten, and the verb sprechen must all also be in the plural...

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German declension

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inflection (shown in light blue). Many German locality names have an attributive word associated with them which ends in -er, for example Berliner for...

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Korean verbs

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styles. Attributive verb endings modify nouns and take the place of attributive adjectives. Korean does not have relative pronouns. Instead, attributive verbs...

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Turkish language

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verbs are formed the same way as for simple verbs. Turkish verbs have attributive forms, including present, similar to the English present participle (with...

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Verb

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languages have attributive verb forms with tense and aspect. This is especially common among verb-final languages, where attributive verb phrases act...

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Vietnamese grammar

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demonstratives, quantifiers, classifiers, prepositional phrases, and other attributive lexical words, such as other nouns and verbs. These modifiers co-occur...

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Projective identification

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identification – where someone takes on the attributes of someone else – versus attributive projective identification, where someone induces someone else to become...

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Dash

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to uphold the decision. A distinction is often made between "simple" attributive compounds (written with a hyphen) and other subtypes (written with an...

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Japanese conjugation

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terminal form (終止形, shūshikei, used to terminate a predicate) and the attributive form (連体形, rentaikei, used to modify a noun or noun phrase) bases (these...

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Determiner phrase

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for the DP-analysis. One points to the fact that when more than one attributive adjective appears, their order is somewhat flexible, e.g. an old friendly...

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