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What (who) is -head - definition

IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR, A PARAMETER THAT CLASSIFIES LANGUAGES ACCORDING TO WHETHER THEY ARE HEAD-INITIAL (THE HEAD OF A PHRASE PRECEDES ITS COMPLEMENTS) OR HEAD-FINAL (THE HEAD FOLLOWS ITS COMPLEMENTS)

Head-first; Head-last; Head-final; Head initial; Head final; Head-initial; Head directionality; Head initial language; Head final language; Head directionality parameter; Head last; Head parameter

-head

-head¹

¦ suffix equivalent to -hood.

Origin

ME -hed, -hede.

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-head²

¦ combining form

1. denoting the head or end of a specified thing: spearhead.

2. in nouns used informally to express disparagement of a person: airhead.

3. in nouns used informally to denote an addict of a specified drug: crackhead.

-head

(suffix.) A variant of -hood.

Head (geology)

TERM IN GEOLOGY THAT DESCRIBES DEPOSITS

Head (geological); Head deposit

Head describes deposits consisting of fragmented material which, following weathering, have moved downslope through a process of solifluction. The term has been used by British geologists since the middle of the 19th century to describe such material in a range of different settings from flat hilltops to the bottoms of valleys.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(geology)

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Head-directionality parameter

In linguistics, head directionality is a proposed parameter that classifies languages according to whether they are head-initial (the head of a phrase precedes its complements) or head-final (the head follows its complements). The head is the element that determines the category of a phrase: for example, in a verb phrase, the head is a verb. Therefore, head initial would be "VO" languages and head final would be "OV" languages.

Some languages are consistently head-initial or head-final at all phrasal levels. English is considered to be strongly head-initial (verbs precede their objects, for example), while Japanese is an example of a language that is consistently head-final. In certain other languages, such as German and Gbe, examples of both types of head direction occur. Various theories have been proposed to explain such variation.

Head directionality is connected with the type of branching that predominates in a language: head-initial structures are right-branching, while head-final structures are left-branching. On the basis of these criteria, languages can be divided into head-final (rigid and non-rigid) and head-initial types. The identification of headedness is based on the following:

the order of subject, object, and verb
the relationship between the order of the object and verb
the order of an adposition and its complement
the order of relative clause and head noun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-directionality parameter

Examples of use of -head

1. Ehud Olmert is saying: Micha Lindenstrauss wants my head and he is going head–to–head with me about it.

2. Biting, eye thumbing, head butting, attacking the groin, elbows to the head, pulling hair and attacking the back of the head are out.

3. He must also have experience in going head to head with skilled defense attorneys in court.

4. "They were kicking his head, his shoulder and back but mainly his head.

5. But his head–to–head with Mr Connarty left MPs open–mouthed.