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HOST-MODIFIER RELATION [1 record]

Record 1 1986-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grammar
OBS

This relation is involved, for example, in the co-occurrence of certain groups of verbs with certain groups of nouns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grammaire
OBS

Dans une construction endocentrique, le modificateur est celui des constituants dont la distribution est différente de celle de la construction tout entière (le constituant dont la distribution est identique est appelé tête).

Spanish

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