a shirt noun modifiers typical of english: a red shirt
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MODIFICATION
NOUN MODIFIERS
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A modifier in linguistics is a
word (adjective, adverb, noun)
or a phrase that specifies
the meaning of another word or
phrase by giving more details
and information about it.
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A shirt
A red shirt (adjective)
Speak
Speak quietly (adverb)
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Students
The students in the first
row (phrase)
Chocolate
Milk chocolate (noun)
red, an adjective
quietly, an adverb
in the first row, a phrase
milk, a noun
are modifiers: they modify
the basic idea we receive
from the noun they
accompany. 5
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Typical of English:
Noun + noun modification
The first noun modifies or
describes the second, like
an adjective:
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Noun + noun modification: basic points.
From the grammar book:
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