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Noun
en-noun|sg=noun phrase

1. grammar A phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb; it is usually headed by a noun, (including pronouns), with any associated dependents such as determiners or modifiers.

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Examples

1. �Fred� in �Fred fell asleep at the keyboard.�
2. �The day Fred . . . keyboard� in �The day Fred fell asleep at the keyboard was very hot, and he had had too much to drink at lunchtime.�
3. �Noun phrase� in �That was a noun phrase.�

noun phrase:

1. banana (a noun)
2. big bananas (an adjective 'big', and a plural noun)
3. a big banana (an article 'a', an adjective and a singular noun)
4. this big banana (a determiner 'this', an adjective and a singular noun)
5. a very big banana (an article, an adverb 'very', defining an adjective, and a singular noun)
6. a very big banana which tastes great (an article, an adverb defining an adjective, and a singular noun; followed by a relative clause made up of a relative pronoun 'which', a verb 'tastes', and an adjective 'great' )

Translations

Dutch: nominale constituent
French: locution nominale f
Icelandic: nafnliður m
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Interlingua: phrase substantival
Norwegian: substantivfrase

See also
verb phrase
adjective phrase
adverbial phrase

fr:noun phrase
ru:noun phrase
tr:noun phrase

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