Adnominal vs Attributive - What's the difference?
adnominal | attributive |
Of or pertaining to an adnoun
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.
Having the nature of an attribute.
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(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.
As adjectives the difference between adnominal and attributive
is that adnominal is of or pertaining to an adnoun while attributive is (grammar|of a word or phrase) modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.As nouns the difference between adnominal and attributive
is that adnominal is a word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective and a relative clause while attributive is (grammar) an attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.adnominal
English
Etymology 1
adnoun + -alAdjective
(-)Etymology 2
analogy of adverbial to verb and nounattributive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In "this big house", "big" is attributive , whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
- Since both Attributes'' and ''Adjuncts'' recursively expand N-bar into N-bar, it seems clear that the two have essentially the same function, so that ''Attributes'' are simply pronominal Adjuncts (though we shall continue to follow tradition and refer to attributive premodifiers as ''Attributes'' rather than ''Adjuncts ).
Antonyms
* predicativeDerived terms
* attributively * attributive adjective * attributive noun * attributive verbNoun
(wikipedia attributive) (en noun)- In "this big house," "big" is an attributive , while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.
- In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive noun.