noun phrase

 

noun

Grammar
  • a word or group of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object.

Grammar

A group of words built up round a single noun, which is called the headword of the phrase. The noun phrases that follow all have the same headword, books: books some books some books about photography some excellent books about photography some really excellent books about photography Noun phrases can consist of the following parts:

determiner premodifier headword postmodifier
somereally excellentbooksabout photography
avisitto the Sierra Maestra
the twofrothycupsof cappuccino
In clauses noun phrases can be: subject The hairy hand holding out the review to her was insistent. object Harry lifted his bushy eyebrows at Elizabeth. subject complement It was a stirring tune. object complement But now the party faithful have appointed him crisis manager of a party still threatened by disintegration. part of a larger phrase, for example a prepositional phrase