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Class 4 - Phrases

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1/ Noun Phrase (NP)


+ Pre-modifiers can include Determiner, Adjective and/or Noun (not the Head).
+ Post-modifiers can be Preposition, Adjective, Adverb, Finite clause, or Non-finite clause.
The structure of the NP

Determiners + Adj Phrase + Noun modifier + HEAD + Post modifiers

Det. +

 Determiners
◆ All, both, half, twice, such (a), etc.
◆ Articles: a, an, the.
◆ Demonstratives: this, that, these, those.
◆ Possessives: my, your, our, John’s, etc.
◆ Indefinite: some, any, another, each, every, no, enough, etc.
◆ Cardinal number: one, two, three, etc.
◆ Ordinal numbers: first, second, third, etc.
◆ General ordinals: other, next, last,
 Adj Phrase:
O-S-A-S-C-O: opinion – size – age – shape – colour - origin
E.g. a handsome tall young American man
big blue eyes
Phrases
a new black nylon shirt
 Noun modifier:
E.g. evening class; gold rings
 HEAD:
◆ a noun: the beauty, Linda, these cats, etc.
◆ a pronoun: them, itself, everyone in the street, etc.
◆ an adjective: the rich, the young, etc.
◆ a genitive phrase: the teacher’s, Lan’s, etc.
◆ an enumerator: all fifteen, her twenties, etc.
Two of the less usual possibilities are illustrated in:
E.g. The greedy will take all three.
In such cases there is usually a noun which semantically is understood to be the
head: the greedy = the greedy people, all three = all three loaves.
 Post modifiers:

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