head-marking language

C39781
concept

A head-marking language is a language in which grammatical relationships within phrases and clauses are primarily indicated by inflection or marking on the central word (the "head") rather than on its dependents.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
head-marking language canonical 1
head‑marking language 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: head-marking language
Generated description
A head-marking language is a language in which grammatical relationships within phrases and clauses are primarily indicated by inflection or marking on the central word (the "head") rather than on its dependents.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Nez Perce language
Adyghe language head‑marking language