📄️ Noun phrases
A noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun, which is called the head, and any dependent words before or after the head. Dependent words give specific information about the head.
📄️ Noun phrases: dependent words
In a noun phrase, dependent words before the head are either determiners (e.g. the, my, some) or premodifiers (e.g. adjectives). Dependent words after the head are either complements or postmodifiers.
📄️ Noun phrases: noun phrases and verbs
Agreement
📄️ Noun phrases: order
Before the head of a noun phrase, determiners come first, then adjectives, then nouns acting as modifiers. The spoken stress is normally on the head.
📄️ Noun phrases: two noun phrases together
We can put two noun phrases (np) together to refer to the same person or thing. This is called apposition:
📄️ Noun phrases: uses
Subjects and objects