object

o Obj ObjP

1) a naively observed part of reality perceived as a relatively persistent or recurring entity and typically represented in language with a noun or nominal expression, §2-3, figure 5; an o. is typically either concrete (physical) or abstract; a formal entity is similar, but generally abstracts away from reality; 2) a formal indicator of indirection pointing to an associated object; the feature to which it is attached belongs to the object and typically the entity being characterized modifies or is complemented by the object; as a feature this kind of characterization may be called an object selection restriction, ¶2-4-6, figure 12; 3) the grammaticalization of a secondary argument of a grammaticalized predicate, chapter 6, ¶6-1-2, ¶6-7-1; an o. is a kind of complement to a verb or preposition; where the preposition functions as an adverb or adverb particle with the verb, the o. may sometimes be of one and sometimes of the other