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English Noun Phrases from a Functional-Cognitive Perspective: Current issues
Edited by Lotte Sommerer and Evelien Keizer
[Studies in Language Companion Series 221] 2022
► pp. 1–24

Major trends in research on the English NP

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The English noun phrase and its components
  • 3.Shell noun and the N-is construction
  • 4.Binominal constructions
  • 5.This volume
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 21 January 2022
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