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The Noun-phrase - Coggle Diagram
The Noun-phrase
The NP consists of a noun-head and an adjunct or adjuncts with relations of modification between them
a) Premodification that comprises all the units placed before the head: two smart hard-working students. Adjuncts used in pre-head position are called pre-posed adjuncts
b) Postmodification that comprises all the units all the units placed after the head: students from Boston. Adjuncts used in post-head position are called post-posed adjuncts.
c) Mixed modification that comprises all the units in both pre-head and post-head position: two smart hard-working students from Boston*.
pre-posed adjuncts
adjectives, pronouns, numerals, participles, gerunds, nouns, nouns in the genitive case
According to their position : pre-adjectivals and adjectiavals. The position of adjectivals is usually right before the noun-head. Pre-adjectivals occupy the position before adjectivals.
two groups:
a) limiters (to this group belong mostly particles: just, only, even, etc.)
b) determiners (articles, possessive pronouns, quantifiers – the first, the last).
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