post-modifier
noun[C]
languagespecialized(alsopostmodifier)uk/ˌpəʊstˈmɒd.ɪ.faɪ.ər/us/ˌpoʊstˈmɑː.də.faɪ.ɚ/a word or phrase that is used after another word tolimitoraddtoitsmeaning:
Postpositiveadjectives, forexample"general" in "secretarygeneral", are the post-modifiers ofnounphrases.
The postmodifierservestonarrowdown the set ofpossiblereferents.
Compare
premodifier
- Someadjectivesmay take post-modifiers tocompletetheirmeaning.
- Thepresenceof a post-modifiertendsstronglytoencouragepluralagreement.
- Theparticipleform"informatisé"appearedas a post-modifier in the phrase "le traitement informatisé".
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntactically
- syntax
- uncountable