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WORD-GROUP - Coggle Diagram
WORD-GROUP
the criterion of DISTRIBUTION
ENDOCENTRIC constructions
1)
coordinative
(serial): bread and butter
2)
subordinative
(attributive): fresh milk
EXOCENTRIC constructions
(distribution different from either of the members):
greater than Mary, with Mary, look prettier
(
NO
central word)
the criterion of the
SYNTACTIC PATTERN
a)
PREDICATIVE
(like a sentence having the subject and the predicate):
he works
b)
NON-PREDICATIVE
(have no sentence pattern, no subject-predicate structure):
a way to school; nice to see
1)
coordinative
(day and night)
2)
subordinative
(a rose garden)
the criteria of
the PART of SPEECH
COORDINATIVE groups
1)
nominal:
men, women, and children (N+N+N);
2)
verbal:
laughed, cried, and shouted (V+V+V);
3)
adjectival:
red, white, and blue (Adj.+Adj.+Adj.);
4)
adverbial:
to and fro; pros and cons
5)
pronominal:
he and she, you and me
6)
prepositional:
and/or…, before/after (Prep.)
SUBORDINATIVE groups
1)
nominal:
cute child; rich man; strong in power
2)
verbal:
to grow up; to write slowly etc.
3)
adjectival:
kind to children; heavy for walk
4)
pronominal:
each of us; all of you, one for each; without her
5)
statival:
fast asleep; half ahead; almost alive
free word group
set phrase
The meaning