Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- I. NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- II. NOUN-HEADED STRUCTURES OF MODIFICATION: PRE-NOMINAL MODIFIERS -- III. NOUN-HEADED STRUCTURES OF MODIFICATION: NOUN MARKERS -- IV. NOUN-HEADED STRUCTURES OF MODIFICATION: POST-NOMINAL MODIFIERS -- V. VERB-HEADED STRUCTURES OF MODIFICATION -- VI. OTHER STRUCTURES OF MODIFICATION -- VII. CONCLUSIONS: THE SYSTEM OF MODIFICATION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX