Attributive
Encyclopedia
In grammar, an attributive is a word or phrase within a noun phrase
that modifies
the head noun. It may be an:
or other part of speech.
Noun phrase
In grammar, a noun phrase, nominal phrase, or nominal group is a phrase based on a noun, pronoun, or other noun-like word optionally accompanied by modifiers such as adjectives....
that modifies
Grammatical modifier
In grammar, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure; the removal of the modifier typically doesn't affect the grammaticality of the sentence....
the head noun. It may be an:
- attributive adjective
- attributive noun
- attributive verbAttributive verbIn grammar, an attributive verb is a verb which modifies a noun as an attributive, rather than expressing an independent idea as a predicate....
or other part of speech.