The Attribute
The attribute is a secondary part of the sentence that modifies an object, expressed by a head noun [Kirvalidze, 26].
A word or phrase is syntactically subordinate to another word or phrase that it modifies [2].
The attribute is a secondary part of the sentence which characterizes the referent of its headword. The most characteristic feature of the attribute is that it always refers to a noun or its substitute (a noun-pronoun or substantivised element) [3].
The attribute is a secondary part of the sentence determining a noun, a pronoun, or any other part of speech that has a nominal character.
It is typically expressed by:
1. An Adjective
2. A Pronoun
3. A Numeral
4. A Noun
5. A Prepositional phrase
6. An Adverb
7. A prepositional phrase or construction with a gerund
8. An infinitive
9. Quotation groups [Каушанская, 256-259].
⠀ 1. Nino Kirvalidze. (2013). Theoretical Course of English Grammar. Tbilisi: Ilia State University.
⠀ 2. Retrieved from: The Free Online Dictionary [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/attribute].