Difference between revisions of "Noun Phrase (definition)"
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| + | A syntactic element which is headed my a noun or a pronoun. In a noun phrase the noun can be modified by an article/determiner or an adjective. For example, in English. “The Man” is a noun phrase, in which "the" is a determiner which modifies "man"- a noun that is the head of the''' noun phrase'''. | ||
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Revision as of 01:15, 21 November 2011
A syntactic element which is headed my a noun or a pronoun. In a noun phrase the noun can be modified by an article/determiner or an adjective. For example, in English. “The Man” is a noun phrase, in which "the" is a determiner which modifies "man"- a noun that is the head of the noun phrase.
See Also
External Links
- http://languagestudy.suite101.com/article.cfm/english_nouns_and_noun_phrases
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_phrase
- http://www.criticalreading.com/noun_phrase.htm
- An Coitcheann page on Nouns: http://wikademy.wikispaces.com/Nouns
