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classed separately, as determiners. Examples: That's a
funny idea. (
Attributive) That idea is funny. (Predicative) Tell me
something funny. (Postpositive)...
- head noun. It may be an:
attributive adjective attributive noun
attributive verb or
other part of speech, such as an
attributive numeral.
Property (attribute)...
- An
attributive verb is a verb that
modifies (expresses an
attribute of) a noun in the
manner of an
attributive adjective,
rather than
express an independent...
- An
expletive attributive is an
adjective or
adverb (or
adjectival or
adverbial phrase) that does not
contribute to the
meaning of a sentence, but is used...
- Morphosemantically,
blends fall into two kinds:
attributive and coordinate.
Attributive blends (also
called syntactic or
telescope blends) are...
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Adjectives and
adjective phrases function in two
basic ways,
attributively or predicatively. An
attributive adjective (phrase)
precedes the noun of a noun phrase...
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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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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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primary distinction is
drawn between predicative (also predicate) and
attributive expressions. Further,
predicative expressions are
typically not clause...
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expletive attributives (or, equivalently,
attributive expletives or
attributive-only expletives; they also
qualify as
expressive attributives), because...
