premodifyingadj.

Brit.

/ˌpriːˈmɒdᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/priˈmɑdəˌfaɪɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: premodify v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < premodify v. + -ing suffix². Compare slightly earlier premodifier n. Compare also postmodifying adj.

Linguistics.

Of a word, phrase, or grammatical element: that modifies a word or phrase immediately following it.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > modifying or qualifying > before

premodifying1957

1957 College Eng. 18 191/2 Verbals are used as pre- and post-modifying elements.

1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising xiv. 127 In advertising language, the interesting part of the noun group is the pre-modifying part.

1983 S. V. Parasher in Eng. World-wide 4 29 People prefer premodifying noun adjuncts to postmodifying phrases.

2004 M. J. Schleppegrell Lang. Schooling v. 143 Vande Kopple compares different types of clausal structures.., demonstrating that the premodifying elements in nominal groups..are more economical than the typically more elaborated postmodifiers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	premodifying
释义	premodifyingadj. Brit. /ˌpriːˈmɒdᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈmɑdəˌfaɪɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: premodify v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < premodify v. + -ing suffix². Compare slightly earlier premodifier n. Compare also postmodifying adj. Linguistics. Of a word, phrase, or grammatical element: that modifies a word or phrase immediately following it. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > modifying or qualifying > before premodifying1957 1957 College Eng. 18 191/2 Verbals are used as pre- and post-modifying elements. 1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising xiv. 127 In advertising language, the interesting part of the noun group is the pre-modifying part. 1983 S. V. Parasher in Eng. World-wide 4 29 People prefer premodifying noun adjuncts to postmodifying phrases. 2004 M. J. Schleppegrell Lang. Schooling v. 143 Vande Kopple compares different types of clausal structures.., demonstrating that the premodifying elements in nominal groups..are more economical than the typically more elaborated postmodifiers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1957
随便看	upper dog upper east side upper focile upper fortune upper greensand upper hand upper house upper jaw upper leather upper lip upper middle class upper mordent upper or white jura upper over jaw upper palea upper partial upper reaches upper school upper second upper servant upper sixth upper sixth form upper stock upper ten upper ten thousand