Modifies a noun

• mark: There are, for example, a variety of problems with diacritical marks.

• sign: Diacritical signs are inserted before the letter to which they should be applied.

• point: These inscriptions usually retain their diacritical points making them fairly easy to read.

• symbol: Czech headings and titles are presented as graphics, with all the diacritical symbols in place.

• structure: Merleau-Ponty endorses the notion of the diacritical structure of language, thereby accepting and incorporating one of the Saussurian ideas but not the other.