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Phrases consist of one or more words that behave like a unit syntactically. Phrases typically have a unique '''head''', i.e. a most important word after which the phrase is named. Thus, the head of a noun phrase is a noun, the head of a verb phrase is a verb, etc. The other elements in the phrase are dependents of the head, i.e. complements and specifiers selected by the head, and adjuncts. | Phrases consist of one or more words that behave like a unit syntactically. Phrases typically have a unique '''head''', i.e. a most important word after which the phrase is named. Thus, the head of a noun phrase is a noun, the head of a verb phrase is a verb, etc. The other elements in the phrase are dependents of the head, i.e. complements and specifiers selected by the head, and adjuncts. | ||
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Revision as of 07:38, 26 April 2017
Phrases consist of one or more words that behave like a unit syntactically. Phrases typically have a unique head, i.e. a most important word after which the phrase is named. Thus, the head of a noun phrase is a noun, the head of a verb phrase is a verb, etc. The other elements in the phrase are dependents of the head, i.e. complements and specifiers selected by the head, and adjuncts.
The major phrases of English are the following:
1. Noun Phrases (NP)
2. Verb phrases (VP)
3. Adjective phrases (AP)
4. Prepositional phrases (PP)
5. Adverbial phrases (AdvP)
- The predicate
- The subject
- The complements
- The direct object
- The indirect object
- The predicative complement
- The oblique complement
- The direct object
- The modifiers