predicative use; descriptive use
A grammatical term referring to the use of a word or phrase as a predicate, describing or asserting something about the subject. Common in linguistics and language learning contexts.
Please explain the predicative use of adjectives.
This word cannot be used predicatively.
限定用法 refers to attributive use (modifying a noun directly), while 叙述用法 refers to predicative use (describing the subject via a predicate).
A compound of 叙述 (description, predication) and 用法 (usage, use). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a modern technical term in Japanese grammar.