argumenthood en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argusder.? Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentumder. Anglo-Norman arguementbor. Middle English argument English argument Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English argumenthood From argument + -hood.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The property of being an argument.
If there is no DP in the 'strict' sense, the question arises as how Chinese encodes argumenthood and referential properties.
2006, Joanna Ut-seong Sio, Modification and reference in the Chinese nominal, page 10: