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English Sentence Constructions
Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Tim Kassenberg, Merel Keijzer and Gregory J. Poarch
[Not in series 240] 2022
► pp. 117–149

Chapter 6
Phrases

Article outline
  • 6.1Introduction
  • 6.2Noun phrases
    • 1Determiners
    • 2Specifying versus classifying genitives
  • 6.3Postmodifiers of nouns
    • 1Restrictive versus non-restrictive postmodifiers
    • 2Relative pronouns and adverbs
    • 3Ellipsis in relative clauses
  • 6.4Verb phrases
  • 6.5Adjective phrase
  • 6.6Adverb phrase
  • 6.7Prepositional phrase
  • 6.8Functions of phrases
  • 6.9Summary
  • Notes