Terms for how words connect?


Is there any terms for words that connect in specific ways? For example,

Verb［ます stem］+ っぽい

［い］Adjective［remove the い］+ っぽい

［な］Adjective + っぽい

Noun + っぽい

Is what Bunpro lists for the grammar point ppoi
<https://www.bunpro.jp/grammar_points/%E3%81%A3%E3%81%BD%E3%81%84>

Is there a catch all term for the pattern of words that you can place before
ppoi? They all seem to be nouns, but is there like a group of Japanese words
that describe this connection pattern?




> Is there a catch all term for the pattern of words that you can place before
> ppoi?

> but is there like a group of Japanese words that describe this connection
> pattern?

There is no catch-all term, but there are individual terms for each allowable
word. In the case of っぽい:

  1. noun (名詞)
  2. verb stem or conjunctive form of a verb (動詞詞幹)
  3. stem of an i-adjective (形容詞語幹)
  4. stem of a na-adjective (ナ形容詞の語幹 or 形容動詞の語幹)

* * *

Grammar references vary in their terminology used to describe components of
grammar patterns:

  1. Makino and Tsutsui in [A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar](https://bookclub.japantimes.co.jp/en/book/b309631.html) on page 337 defines the formation of -っぽい as:

> (i) N っぽい
>
> (ii) Adj( _i_ )stem っぽい
>
> (iii) Adj( _na_ )stem っぽい
>
> (iv) V _masu_ っぽい

  2. Group Jamassy in [A Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns for Teachers and Learners](https://www.9640.jp/nihongo/ja/detail/?678) on page 250 defines the formations of っぽい as:

    * [Nっぽい]
    * [Rっぽい]

In the explanation associated with っぽい on page 251, they describe the
formation of っぽい as:

> Used with a noun or verb stem to form _i-adjectives_ to express the meaning
> "feels that way" or "has the tendency to."

On page viii, they define N and R as:

    * N: noun
    * R: conjunctive form of a verb
  3. Michiel "Pomax" Kamermans has a thorough list of verb inflections [here](https://pomax.github.io/nrGrammar/#section-7-Conjugation_Schemes), complete with grammatical terms in both English and Japanese.

  4. 旅する応用言語学 explains verb stems (詞幹) [here](https://www.nihongo-appliedlinguistics.net/wp/archives/9131) page (in Japanese) using their own terminology.




> Is there a catch all term for the pattern of words that you can place before
> ppoi?

> but is there like a group of Japanese words that describe this connection
> pattern?

There is no catch-all term, but there are individual terms for each allowable
word. In the case of っぽい:

  1. noun (名詞)
  2. verb stem or conjunctive form of a verb (動詞詞幹)
  3. stem of an i-adjective (形容詞語幹)
  4. stem of a na-adjective (ナ形容詞の語幹 or 形容動詞の語幹)

* * *

Grammar references vary in their terminology used to describe components of
grammar patterns:

  1. Makino and Tsutsui in [A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar](https://bookclub.japantimes.co.jp/en/book/b309631.html) on page 337 defines the formation of -っぽい as:

> (i) N っぽい
>
> (ii) Adj( _i_ )stem っぽい
>
> (iii) Adj( _na_ )stem っぽい
>
> (iv) V _masu_ っぽい

  2. Group Jamassy in [A Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns for Teachers and Learners](https://www.9640.jp/nihongo/ja/detail/?678) on page 250 defines the formations of っぽい as:

    * [Nっぽい]
    * [Rっぽい]

In the explanation associated with っぽい on page 251, they describe the
formation of っぽい as:

> Used with a noun or verb stem to form _i-adjectives_ to express the meaning
> "feels that way" or "has the tendency to."

On page viii, they define N and R as:

    * N: noun
    * R: conjunctive form of a verb
  3. Michiel "Pomax" Kamermans has a thorough list of verb inflections [here](https://pomax.github.io/nrGrammar/#section-7-Conjugation_Schemes), complete with grammatical terms in both English and Japanese.

  4. 旅する応用言語学 explains verb stems (詞幹) [here](https://www.nihongo-appliedlinguistics.net/wp/archives/9131) page (in Japanese) using their own terminology.

