Noun Phrase

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
NP
Pronunciation
/naʊn freɪz/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. This word is a transitive verb. We can use a noun or noun phrase as its direct object.
  2. Noun phrase, verb, noun phrase.
  3. This paper studies the function of and the constraints on the premodifier in the noun phrase of English from the perspective of subcategorization.
  4. The nominal ellipsis discussed in this essay is the ellipsis of the head word within a noun phrase.
  5. A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows.

Other meanings of NP

No Post Internet
Not Paginated Computing
No Password Computing
North Pacific Regional
No Picture Academic
New Programs Academic
National Park Gov
Non Portable Gov
Near Pass Gov
No Patience Gov