attributive
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin attributusbor.
English attribute
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English attributive
From attribute + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: more attributive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most attributive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: attributives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.
pos: adj
examples: In "this big house", big is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
In "this tiger is a man-eater," man is an attributive noun.
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).
ATTRIBUTIVE NOUN. A noun that modifies another noun: steel in steel bridge; London in London house.
Grammatically, three ways of using adjectives can be distinguished: the attributive use, the predicative use and the adverbial use. We will only deal with the attributive and the predicative use here. In the attributive use, the adjective, within an NP, is attached to the head noun, e.g. a dubious company, a red balloon, the stupid driver.
gloss: Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
pos: adj
examples: To hate, &c.] Or thus, To be affected with hatred and horrour at. For abhor, though arranged in our dictionaries among verbs active, attributes an affection rather than an act of the mind. As the mind however is an active principle, all verbs attributive of what passes in the mind, even those we call neuter, attribute at the same time some mental act or operation. To grieve is reckoned a verb neuter; yet in grieving at some misfortune, the mind is not less active than it is in abhorring or loathing an object; which latter verbs are called verbs active.
* 947 आल and आट put after वाक् Speech, with it form adjectives attributive of much bad or improper speaking; as वाचाल, or वाचाट Who utters much bad language.
* 948 […] affixed to nouns, with them form adjectives attributive of detraction,[…]
Notably, along with being attributive of color, some of those adjectives are used to characterize sound or intensity of sensation (e.g. pain may behele 'shrill' or tume 'dull'), cognitive abilities (such as hearing, vision and acumen),[…]
gloss: An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
pos: noun
examples: In "this big house," big is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.
Related words: attribute
Derived words: attributive adjective
attributive clause
attributively
attributiveness
attributive noun
attributive verb
multiattributive
nonattributive
unattributive
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təyini
lang: Catalan
word: atributiu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 定語的 /定语的
roman: dìngyǔ de
lang: Danish
word: attributiv
lang: Dutch
word: attributief
lang: Finnish
word: attributiivinen
lang: French
word: épithète
lang: Galician
word: atributivo
lang: German
word: attributiv
lang: Hungarian
word: jelzői
lang: Irish
word: aitreabúideach
lang: Japanese
word: 限定的な
roman: genteiteki na
lang: Kazakh
word: анықтауыштық
roman: anyqtauyştyq
lang: Polish
word: atrybutywny
lang: Polish
word: określający
lang: Romanian
word: atributiv
lang: Russian
word: определи́тельный
roman: opredelítelʹnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: buaidh-aithriseach
lang: Spanish
word: atributivo
lang: Swedish
word: attributiv
lang: Welsh
word: disgrifiadol