postnoun
Postnoun is a term used in linguistic typology to describe material that follows the noun head within a noun phrase. It designates post-nominal elements, including adjectives, determiners, numerals, classifiers, relative clauses, and certain nominal compounds that come after the head noun. The concept is used to distinguish post-nominal modifiers from prenominal modifiers, which appear before the noun.
Across languages, post-nominal modifiers occur in a variety of patterns. In Spanish, adjectives typically follow the
In scholarly usage, postnoun is not a universal label found in all grammars; more common terms include