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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:
Grammar references vary in their terminology used to describe components of grammar patterns:
Makino and Tsutsui in A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar 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
Group Jamassy in A Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns for Teachers and Learners on page 250 defines the formations of っぽい as:
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:
Michiel "Pomax" Kamermans has a thorough list of verb inflections here, complete with grammatical terms in both English and Japanese.
旅する応用言語学 explains verb stems (詞幹) here page (in Japanese) using their own terminology.
