Is there a name for the following example? “wage slavery” and “grammar nazi”
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"wage slavery"
"grammar nazi"
i dont think it's a metaphor .
In a way, it has the effect of analogy, ie giving something to compare against to get a point acrossed but a mix with hyperbole
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"wage slavery"
"grammar nazi"
i dont think it's a metaphor .
In a way, it has the effect of analogy, ie giving something to compare against to get a point acrossed but a mix with hyperbole
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ealeonealeon
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It is an interesting point. I am not aware of a technical term for this increasingly common feature of English. Other languages go about the same thing differently. What we are doing is using one noun as a modifier for another. But in German, typically the modifier noun 'lohn' is fused to the noun it modifies: 'lohnsklaverei'. In French they say the modifying word is an adjective - the participle 'salarié: 'l'esclavage salarié' (waged slavery). Mnglodern Greek does the same in a different order: 'misthoti sklavia' (μισθωτή σκλαβιά). Do we need a name for the adjectival use of nouns?
– Tuffy
yesterday
What exactly are you asking? What the pattern 'noun noun' is? It's called an attributive noun](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct), but your pattern is not clear from two examples.
– Mitch
yesterday
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"wage slavery"
"grammar nazi"
i dont think it's a metaphor .
In a way, it has the effect of analogy, ie giving something to compare against to get a point acrossed but a mix with hyperbole
american-english
asked yesterday
ealeonealeon
11827
"wage slavery"
"grammar nazi"
i dont think it's a metaphor .
In a way, it has the effect of analogy, ie giving something to compare against to get a point acrossed but a mix with hyperbole
american-english
american-english
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ealeonealeon
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asked yesterday
ealeonealeon
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ealeonealeon
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ealeonealeon
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ealeonealeon
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It is an interesting point. I am not aware of a technical term for this increasingly common feature of English. Other languages go about the same thing differently. What we are doing is using one noun as a modifier for another. But in German, typically the modifier noun 'lohn' is fused to the noun it modifies: 'lohnsklaverei'. In French they say the modifying word is an adjective - the participle 'salarié: 'l'esclavage salarié' (waged slavery). Mnglodern Greek does the same in a different order: 'misthoti sklavia' (μισθωτή σκλαβιά). Do we need a name for the adjectival use of nouns?
– Tuffy
yesterday
What exactly are you asking? What the pattern 'noun noun' is? It's called an attributive noun](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct), but your pattern is not clear from two examples.
– Mitch
yesterday
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It is an interesting point. I am not aware of a technical term for this increasingly common feature of English. Other languages go about the same thing differently. What we are doing is using one noun as a modifier for another. But in German, typically the modifier noun 'lohn' is fused to the noun it modifies: 'lohnsklaverei'. In French they say the modifying word is an adjective - the participle 'salarié: 'l'esclavage salarié' (waged slavery). Mnglodern Greek does the same in a different order: 'misthoti sklavia' (μισθωτή σκλαβιά). Do we need a name for the adjectival use of nouns?
– Tuffy
yesterday
What exactly are you asking? What the pattern 'noun noun' is? It's called an attributive noun](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct), but your pattern is not clear from two examples.
– Mitch
yesterday
It is an interesting point. I am not aware of a technical term for this increasingly common feature of English. Other languages go about the same thing differently. What we are doing is using one noun as a modifier for another. But in German, typically the modifier noun 'lohn' is fused to the noun it modifies: 'lohnsklaverei'. In French they say the modifying word is an adjective - the participle 'salarié: 'l'esclavage salarié' (waged slavery). Mnglodern Greek does the same in a different order: 'misthoti sklavia' (μισθωτή σκλαβιά). Do we need a name for the adjectival use of nouns?
– Tuffy
yesterday
It is an interesting point. I am not aware of a technical term for this increasingly common feature of English. Other languages go about the same thing differently. What we are doing is using one noun as a modifier for another. But in German, typically the modifier noun 'lohn' is fused to the noun it modifies: 'lohnsklaverei'. In French they say the modifying word is an adjective - the participle 'salarié: 'l'esclavage salarié' (waged slavery). Mnglodern Greek does the same in a different order: 'misthoti sklavia' (μισθωτή σκλαβιά). Do we need a name for the adjectival use of nouns?
– Tuffy
yesterday
What exactly are you asking? What the pattern 'noun noun' is? It's called an attributive noun](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct), but your pattern is not clear from two examples.
– Mitch
yesterday
What exactly are you asking? What the pattern 'noun noun' is? It's called an attributive noun](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct), but your pattern is not clear from two examples.
– Mitch
yesterday
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It is an interesting point. I am not aware of a technical term for this increasingly common feature of English. Other languages go about the same thing differently. What we are doing is using one noun as a modifier for another. But in German, typically the modifier noun 'lohn' is fused to the noun it modifies: 'lohnsklaverei'. In French they say the modifying word is an adjective - the participle 'salarié: 'l'esclavage salarié' (waged slavery). Mnglodern Greek does the same in a different order: 'misthoti sklavia' (μισθωτή σκλαβιά). Do we need a name for the adjectival use of nouns?
– Tuffy
yesterday
What exactly are you asking? What the pattern 'noun noun' is? It's called an attributive noun](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct), but your pattern is not clear from two examples.
– Mitch
yesterday