English namely noun phrases‚ verb phrases‚ adjective phrases‚ adverb phrases and prepositional phrases‚ noun phrases are the most common playing various syntactic functions in the sentence and clause structure: subject‚ object and complement (of various kinds)‚ apposition and attribute. They are used to refer to things that people want to talk about: people‚ objects‚ concepts‚ processes and all kind of entities. 2. Basic Noun Phrases Structurally speaking‚ in the first place‚ basic noun phrases consist
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“Discuss and contrast some of the main features of the classes VERB and NOUN in English and any other language.” In this essay I will make an attempt to discuss differences between two classes of lexemes‚ which are verb and noun. In order to conduct that analysis in a detailed manner I will refer to two languages‚ English and Polish (minor references to French will also help my studies). I will start from defining what one can refer to as class in linguistics. I will to refer to certain shadows
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Nouns I. DEFINITION Nouns are the largest group of words in the English language. Nouns may refer language. to: phenomena (ex. Sunshine‚ storm‚ and weather). abstract ideas (ex. Honesty‚ love‚ and loyalty) events (ex. Birthday‚ new year‚ and fiesta) animals (ex. Cat‚ dog‚ and bird) names of persons (ex. Ana‚ nun‚ and datu) names of things (ex. Boat‚ hat‚ and necklace) places (ex. Panay‚ Taal‚ and Borneo) Page 1 of 4 II. DERIVATIONAL NOUNS A noun may be formed by adding
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Štifnerová The purpose of this essay is firstly to show the word order of a noun phrase (NP) and how the head noun of the NP can be post- and pre-modified‚ and secondly to focus on meaning of some examples of English anaphors and the distinctions between them and their Czech translations. The first part is going to aim on the internal structure of NPs. Complex nominal phrase consists of the pre-modifying elements‚ the head noun and the post-modifying elements. The so-called pre-modifiers can be divided
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j01trl~lff ELSEVIER Journal of Pragmatics 29 (1998) 155-171 The noun phrase in advertising English* Susan Rush Fonds Gustave Guillaume‚ Ddpartement de langues et linguistique‚ Facult~ des Lettres‚ Pavillon Charles-de Koni.~ck‚ Universit~ Laval‚ Quebec G1K 7P4‚ Canada Received 17 August 1995; revised version 7 April 1997 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to give a formal description of two unusual features of the noun phrase in English print advertising: its ability to operate as an independent
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Corvalán HANDOUT: NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES The NP The structure of the Noun Phrase can be illustrated as follows (Premodification) H (Postmodification) determiners adjectives nouns the the old the very old those very old noun pronoun prepositional phrases relative clauses in the parking lot cars (that) the company bought for the employees Other pre- and postmodifiers may include determiner phrases‚ adjective phrases and even adverb phrases. A noun may also be complemented
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LN-1.1.1: Nouns LN-1.1.1: NOUNS 1.1 Introduction to Nouns A noun is a part of speech that names a person‚ place‚ or thing. Many different kinds of nouns are used in the English language. Some are specific for people‚ places‚ events‚ and some represent groups or collections. Some nouns aren’t even nouns; they’re verbs acting like nouns in sentences. Nouns can be singular‚ referring to one thing‚ or plural‚ referring to more than one thing. Nouns can be possessive as well; possessive nouns indicate
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NOUNS (名词) Common and Proper Nouns （普通名词和专有名词） 名词可以分为专有名词（Proper Nouns）和普通名词 (Common Nouns）。 专有名词是某（些）人，地方，机构等专有的名称。 普通名词是一类人或东西或是一个抽象概念的名词。普通名词又可分为下面四类： 1）个体名词（Individual Nouns）：表示某类人或东西中的个体，如：gun。 2）集体名词（Collective Nouns）：表示若干个个体组成的集合体，如：family。 3）物质名词（Material Nouns）：表示无法分为个体的实物，如：air。 4）抽象名词（Abstract Nouns）：表示动作、状态、品质、感情等抽象概念，如：work。 个体名词和集体名词可以用数目来计算，称为可数名词（Countable Nouns）。 物质名词和抽象名词一般无法用数目计算，称为不可数名词（Uncountable Nouns）。 归纳一下，名词的分类可以下图表示： 名词 专有名词 NOUNS Proper Nouns 普通名词
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Nouns Definition: It is a word that names a person‚ a thing‚ a place or an idea. Grammatically‚ it is the head word of grammatical structure in which it functions. Kinds of nouns: Common nouns name general places or things or ideas e.g.‚ man‚ country‚ statute. Proper nouns name a particular person‚ place‚ or thing e.g.‚ Michael Jordan‚ Indonesia‚ Statute of Liberty. Concrete nouns describe things that can be seen‚ heard‚ touched‚ smelled or tasted e.g.‚ hat‚ hen‚ desk. Abstract nouns describe
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Noun Clauses A NOUN CLAUSE is a group of words with a subject and a verb WHO WHEN WHOM You can recognize a noun clause by one of the relative pronouns or adverbs that begin the clause A noun clause consists of three components: A relative pronoun or adverb A subject A verb Noun clauses function like Uses of Noun Clauses After some verbs and adjectives To include a question in a statement (embedded questions) To report what someone has said or asked Noun clauses
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