Grammatical Modifier

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A Grammatical Modifier is a phrase or clause element that modifies provides extra information about another element within the phrase or clause structure.



References

2019a

  • (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modifier Retrieved:2019-1-20.
    • Modifier may refer to:
      • Grammatical modifier, a word that modifies the meaning of another word or limits its meaning
      • Modifier key, a kind of key on a computer keyboard that changes the semantics of other keys (e.g., the Shift key)
      • Car tuner, one who modifies the performance or appearance of a vehicle.
      • Alphanumeric or numeric two-digit characters used to indicate certain circumstances or changes made to procedural, surgical, service, and supplies codes in the HCPCS clinical coding system

2019b

  • (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_modifier Retrieved:2019-1-20.
    • In grammar, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure. A modifier is so called because it is said to modify (change the meaning of) another element in the structure, on which it is dependent. Typically the modifier can be removed without affecting the grammar of the sentence. For example, in the English sentence This is a red ball, the adjective red is a modifier, modifying the noun ball. Removal of the modifier would leave This is a ball, which is grammatically correct and equivalent in structure to the original sentence.

      Other terms used with a similar meaning are qualifier (the word qualify may be used in the same way as modify in this context), attribute, and adjunct. These concepts are often distinguished from complements and arguments, which may also be considered dependent on another element, but are considered an indispensable part of the structure. For example, in His face became red, the word red might be called a complement or argument of became, rather than a modifier or adjunct, since it cannot be omitted from the sentence.

2019c

1. One who, or that which, modifies.
2. (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
3. (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.

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