subjectsroughly
Subjectsroughly is a term used in linguistics and natural language processing to describe constructions in which the subject of a clause is specified approximately rather than exactly. The label covers cases where the subject noun phrase is attenuated by approximate quantifiers or vague reference, producing an imprecise but interpretable subject for the sentence as a whole.
Common instantiations include determiner-modified numerals such as “Roughly five people attended,” “About half the participants arrived,”
Origin and usage of the term vary, and subjectsroughly is not yet universally standardized. It is encountered
Implications and related topics: In cross-linguistic contexts, languages differ in how approximate subjects are encoded and