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Slide1
Phrase Structure
Ed McCorduck
English
402--Grammar
SUNY Cortland
http://mccorduck.cortland.eduSlide2
all phrases have a
headword
(a.k.a. a head)
slide
2: headword of phrases
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noun phrases (a.k.a. NPs)
headword is a noun
slide
3: definition of noun phrases
English 402: GrammarSlide4
example
the dog
slide
4: examples of noun phrases
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dog
is the headword of this phrase,
dog
is a noun,
therefore
the
dog
is a noun
phraseSlide5
more NP examples (headword in
red
)
a
dogthe dogs
dogs
Rover
a big
dog
her very big
dog
that very big, nasty
dog
that very big, nasty
dog
in the backyard
that very big, nasty dog who barks all night and pisses us off
slide 5: more examples of noun phrases
English 402: GrammarSlide6
verb phrases (a.k.a. VPs)
headword is a verb
slide
6
: definition of verb phrases
English 402: GrammarSlide7
verb phrase examples (headword in
red
)
hacks
(as in “A smoker often hacks”)
hacks computers
(as in
“The script
kiddie
hacks computers”)
has
hacked
(a computer)
is
hacking
(government computers)
was
hacked will be hacking (unprotected computers) may have been hacking (the bank’s central computer) is going to have been hacked
slide
7: examples of verb phrases
English 402: Grammar