5.6 Putting It All Together
5.6 Putting It All Together
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Phrase
Phrase
A phrase is a word, or a small group of words, that function as a single grammatical/semantic unit.
We distinguish five types of phrase which take their names from their central element, or head word.
Noun Phrase
Noun Phrase
A noun phrase consists of noun or pronoun head-word, and any determiners and modifiers.
Verb Phrase
Verb Phrase
A verb phrase is composed of a verb head word, which may be preceded by any auxiliaries with or without a negator such as no or not.
Prepositional Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, a noun or pronoun that serves as its complement, and any modifiers.
Adjective phrase
Adjective phrase
An adjective phrase has an adjective as the head word, and may include an adverb or adverb phrase as the pre-head string.
Adverb phrase
Adverb phrase
An adverb phrase has an adverb as the head word, with modifiers before, ager, or both.
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