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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Latin]] phrasis, from [[Greek]], from phrazein to point out, [[explain]], tell

[[Latin]] phrasis, from [[Greek]], from phrazein to point out, [[explain]], tell

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1530}

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1530}

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a characteristic [[manner]] or style of [[expression]] : diction

*1: a characteristic [[manner]] or style of [[expression]] : diction

==Types of phrases==

==Types of phrases==

Phrases may be classified by the type of head taken by them:

Phrases may be classified by the type of head taken by them:

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepositional_phrase Prepositional phrase] (PP) with a preposition as head (e.g. in [[love]], over the [[rainbow]]). Languages using postpositions instead have postpositional phrases. The two types are sometimes commonly referred to as appositional phrases.

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepositional_phrase Prepositional phrase] (PP) with a preposition as head (e.g. in [[love]], over the [[rainbow]]). Languages using postpositions instead have postpositional phrases. The two types are sometimes commonly referred to as appositional phrases.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_phrase Noun phrase] (NP) with a noun as head (e.g. the black cat, a cat on the mat)

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_phrase Noun phrase] (NP) with a noun as head (e.g. the black cat, a cat on the mat)

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb_phrase Verb phrase] (VP) with a verb as head (e.g. eat cheese, jump up and down)

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb_phrase Verb phrase] (VP) with a verb as head (e.g. eat cheese, jump up and down)

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appositive Appositive] It renames noun as a pronoun and are always placed between commas (e.g. "Bob, my annoying [[neighbor]], is short")

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appositive Appositive] It renames noun as a pronoun and are always placed between commas (e.g. "Bob, my annoying [[neighbor]], is short")

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute Absolute] Modifies the entire sentence and are linked with commas. (e.g. "Mike threw the book, his eyes red")

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute Absolute] Modifies the entire sentence and are linked with commas. (e.g. "Mike threw the book, his eyes red")

A phrase is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax syntactic] [[structure]] having syntactic properties derived from its head.

A phrase is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax syntactic] [[structure]] having syntactic properties derived from its head.

==Complexity==

==Complexity==

A complex phrase consists of several [[words]], whereas a simple phrase consists of only one word. This terminology is especially often used with verb phrases:

A complex phrase consists of several [[words]], whereas a simple phrase consists of only one word. This terminology is especially often used with verb phrases:

* simple past and present are simple phrases, which require just one verb

* simple past and present are simple phrases, which require just one verb

* complex verbs have one or two aspects added and hence require additional two or three [[words]]

* complex verbs have one or two aspects added and hence require additional two or three [[words]]

"[[Complex]]," which is phrase-level, is often [[confused]] with "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics) compound]", which is [[word]]-level. However, there are certain [[phenomena]] that [[formally]] seem to be phrases but semantically are more like compounds, such as "[[women]]'s magazines," which has the form of a possessive noun phrase, but which refers (just like a compound) to one specific [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexeme lexeme] (i.e. a magazine for women and not a magazine owned by a woman).

"[[Complex]]," which is phrase-level, is often [[confused]] with "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics) compound]", which is [[word]]-level. However, there are certain [[phenomena]] that [[formally]] seem to be phrases but semantically are more like compounds, such as "[[women]]'s magazines," which has the form of a possessive noun phrase, but which refers (just like a compound) to one specific [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexeme lexeme] (i.e. a magazine for women and not a magazine owned by a woman).

==Semiotic approaches to the concept of "phrase"==

==Semiotic approaches to the concept of "phrase"==

In more [[semiotic]] approaches to [[language]], such as the more cognitivist versions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_grammar construction grammar], a phrasal structure is not only a certain [[formal]] combination of word types whose features are inherited from the head. Here each phrasal structure also [[expresses]] some type of conceptual content, be it specific or [[abstract]].

In more [[semiotic]] approaches to [[language]], such as the more cognitivist versions of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_grammar construction grammar], a phrasal structure is not only a certain [[formal]] combination of word types whose features are inherited from the head. Here each phrasal structure also [[expresses]] some type of conceptual content, be it specific or [[abstract]].

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

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