prenominal

(priːˈnɒmɪnəl)

adj

1. (Grammar) placed before a noun, esp (of an adjective or sense of an adjective) used only before a noun

2. (Historical Terms) of or relating to a praenomen

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Adj.

prenominal - of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'"

attributive

grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

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Adjectival Modification and Order Restrictions: The Influence of Temporariness on Prenominal Word Order

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Variation and variants in the Dictionary of Multiword Expressions (focussing on complex nominals/noun compounds)

Haumann (2010) suggests that in Old English, as in many languages, prenominal adjectives, e.g., unfaegene eorl, indicate a quality that is characteristic of the noun modified, and this contrasts with the temporary or incidental nature of qualities depicted by postnominal adjectives.

Saving the "undoomed man" in Beowulf (572b-573)

Article + prenominal possessive in Tuscan dialects.

L'italiano in movimento: teaching a moving target

While the -a infinitive appears in a wide range of functions (in dictionary and grammar entries, following auxiliary verbs, in a wide range of embedded nonfinite complement clauses, and in rationale adjunct clauses), the other two infinitives have more restricted distribution: the -e infinitive is used in temporal and manner adjunct clauses, and the--ma infinitive in a small number of complement and adjunct clauses and as a prenominal modifier.

Serial Verbs in Finnish

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