Constituent (definition)

A constituent is a group of words that functions as a unit syntactically. Phrases and Clauses are examples of constituents.

See Also

• Phrase (definition)
• Clause (definition)

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_(linguistics)

References

• Carnie, Andrew (2010) Constituent Structure. Oxford University Press.