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In [[syntax]], the term '''modifier''' was sometimes used in the sense of [[dependent]].
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In [[syntax]], the term '''modifier''' was sometimes used in the sense of [[dependent]] for an element which is neither an [[argument]] nor a [[predicate]], but which modifies another element or phrase (e.g. a [[predicate]]).
  
 
===Comments===
 
===Comments===
 
This usage is found, for example, in Fries (1952:202ff.) and Hawkins (1983). It is becoming obsolete.
 
This usage is found, for example, in Fries (1952:202ff.) and Hawkins (1983). It is becoming obsolete.
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=== Example ===
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the adverb ''very'' is a modifier of the adjective ''ill'' in ''he is very ill''.
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=== Links ===
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Modifier&lemmacode=553 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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===References===
 
===References===

Latest revision as of 18:55, 17 February 2009

In syntax, the term modifier was sometimes used in the sense of dependent for an element which is neither an argument nor a predicate, but which modifies another element or phrase (e.g. a predicate).

Comments

This usage is found, for example, in Fries (1952:202ff.) and Hawkins (1983). It is becoming obsolete.

Example

the adverb very is a modifier of the adjective ill in he is very ill.

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics


References

  • Fries, CC. 1952. The Structure of English. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World.
  • Hawkins, John A. 1983. Word order universals. New York: Academic Press.