Glossary term N

Noun Phrase

A noun phrase is a phrase that has a noun as its head.

A noun phrase generally includes one or more modifying words, but allowance is usually made for single-word minimal noun phrases that are composed only of a noun or pronoun.

More specific concepts within noun phrase.

  1. Crystal 1980, 244
  2. Hartmann and Stork 1972, 155
  3. Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 61
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