This paper studies the function of and the constraints on the premodifier in the noun phrase of English from the perspective of subcategorization.
本文从次范畴化角度对英语名词词组中前置修饰语的功能和使用限制进行了研究。
The evolutional transformation between the two is unidirectional and permanent. It involves only the transformation from the postmodifier to the premodifier and results in frozen subcategories.