specifier

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A person or thing that specifies.
 * 2)  A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.
 * 1)  A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 指定語
 * French: spécifieur