nounphrasal
nounphrasal is a linguistic term that describes a noun phrase where the head noun is modified by another noun acting as an adjective. This modifying noun is typically in the genitive case or directly precedes the head noun without any intervening prepositions. For example, in the phrase "dog house," "dog" is a noun acting as a modifier for the head noun "house." Similarly, in "John's book," "John's" is a possessive noun phrase modifying "book."
This construction is common across many languages and serves to specify or categorize the head noun. The
Nounphrasal constructions can also involve multiple nouns. For example, "kitchen sink faucet" has "faucet" as the