In semantics, a modifier is said to be restrictive (or defining) if it restricts the reference of its head. For example, in `the red car is fancier than the blue one`, red and blue are restrictive, because they restrict which cars car and one are referring to. (`The car is fancier than the one` would make little sense.) By contrast, in `John...
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n] - modification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat` has a more specific meaning than `hat`)
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noun a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat` has a more specific meaning than `hat`)
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