Attributives Pronouns Attributive Modifiers
www.lel.ed.ac.uk › ~gpullum › grammarAttributive Modifiers With the ordering of attributive modifiers we find a phenomenon that appears to be syntactic at first but is, I think, truly semantic through and through — or at least, sensitive to both semantic and syntactic properties. For example, in nice new green sandals it seems hard to reorder any of the adjectives:
Attributive - Helpful
https://helpful.knobs-dials.com/index.php/AttributiveAn attributive modifier is one that relies on being adjacent. (unlike e.g. predicatives, which rely on a copula (linking verb), often "be", "seem" or similar). The word 'Attributive' often refers to attributive modifiers specifically for nouns. Note that since these are always modifiers in a noun phrase, they can be removed from the sentence without changing its structure.