Descriptive marker

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A descriptive marker is a grammatic feature of certain languages. It is defined linguistically as a free morpheme that indicates the grammatical function marking description.

1 Function
2 Usage
3 Descriptive markers in Toytonic
4 See also

[edit] Function

The descriptive marker generally signals the beginning of a descriptive (or modifying) phrase.

The marker assumes descriptive characteristics from the modifier, such as:

Adjectival or Adverbial Differentiation
Intensity
Agreement (case, gender, number)

[edit] Usage

The Descriptive Marker is an important feature of the Indo-European language Toytonic. It is also found in other synthetic languages.
In Toytonic, the descriptive marker is a key component of the descriptive phrase and determines what the phrase will modify and to what intensity.