Nounjective?

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 26, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Michael Quinion wrote:

> It's not every year I discover a new part of speech. Colour me ignorant if
> "nounjective" is a well-known term. If someone would tell me where this
> rather disparaging term for what I'd call the attributive use of a noun
> comes from, I'd be deeply grateful.
>
and why "substantive" wasn't good enough for the purpose

LH

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