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Originally Posted by Niall  Hi, i was wondering, in language, if there is a word for a word assiociated to a noun in the following way:
a bolt of cloth
a pane of glass
a sheet of paper
I would be tempted to call this the collective noun.
But seeing as in essence, I am not describing a group or collection of things, I don't believe that calling this the collective noun would be entirely correct.
Thanks
Niall |
How about 'a constitutive collocation'? I've never met a special word for it, but if pressed I'd give that a whirl!
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