8.2.2. Bare noun (N) modifiers producing NN constructions
Expressions referring to the prupose of an object typically appear as bare noun modifiers, often formin a compound with the noun they modify.
| a | lovaglócsizma |
| the | riding.boot |
’the riding boots’
Source: Alberti & Farkas 2018: 789.
Expressions referring to material typically appear as bare noun modifiers. In some case even formin a compound with the noun they modify.
| egy | elefántcsont | doboz |
| a | ivory | boksz |
’a box made of ivory’
Source: Dékány 2021: 182.
Possessors of relational nouns can appear as pre-nominal bare noun modifiers. The two nouns form a compound-like unit, as the second member is never stressed.
| egy | milliomos | unoka |
| a | millionaire | grandchild |
’a grandchild of a millionaire’
Source: Farkas & Alberti 2018a: 102.
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