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The Noun Phrase (NP)
The distribution of the noun phrase
An NP can occur
- As the subject, i.e. at the beginning of a sentence before a verb as in: __ worked.
- As the direct object, i.e. after a transitive verb as in: Chris met/experienced __ yesterday.
- Following a preposition, as in: Pat talked about __ .
- In front of the possessive 's, i.e. in: __'s car broke.
An NP can be substituted by a personal pronoun (I, she, him, it, ...)
The internal structure of a noun phrase
- An NP must contain a noun
- An NP can contain:
- exactly one determiner at the beginning of the NP
- an arbitrary number of adjectives before the N
- an arbitrary number of preposition phrases (PP) after the N
- one or more sentences at the end of the NP