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Stevo, so if I understand it right, this is the word-level grammar: word = cl + mod + (n + suffix) + ending + secondary ending (mod = semantic modifier) (suffix = structural modifier) (tag = pos-tag) (quantor = secondary ending)Why does the classifier precede the modifier? My personal preference might have been to invert the order in this case, but I haven't thought of it too much. I just thought, since both the modifier and the suffix modify the classifier, the classifier should be right between them. Like
mod + cl + suffix + ending + secondary endingI suggest not to say "primary" and "secondary" "ending". It's like saying "preposition", only because it stands _before_ a noun.
classifier: classifier, concept modifier: modifier, semantic modifier, conceptual modifier suffix: structural modifier primary ending: pos-tag, tag, pos, part-of-speech secondary ending: quantor Stefo