WT 4.5

modification construction

a.k.a. (referent) modification construction

a construction that consists of the referent expression and an attributive phrase (or phrases) that are dependent on that referent expression. Example: the referring phrase my mother's book is an instance of an English modification construction made up of the referent expression (book) plus the Possessive attributive phrase my mother's. (Section 2.2.4, **Chapters 4--5**)

Construction

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Constituency

Is Component Of

attributive phrase

Expression

Has As Expression