expression "the very happy squirrel" is a noun phrase which contains the adjective phrase "very happy". Phrases can consist of a single word or a complete...
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A noun phrase – or NP or nominal (phrase) – is a phrase that usually has a noun or pronoun as its head, and has the same grammatical functions as a noun...
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Phrasing may refer to: Phrasing (DJ) Musical phrasing Textual phrasing (linguistics) Phrase (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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In linguistics, a verb phrase (VP) is a syntactic unit composed of a verb and its arguments except the subject of an independent clause or coordinate clause...
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Catchphrase (redirect from Catch phrase)
catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture...
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A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece...
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adpositional phrase is a syntactic category that includes prepositional phrases, postpositional phrases, and circumpositional phrases. Adpositional phrases contain...
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An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase whose head is an adjective. Almost any grammar or syntax textbook or dictionary of linguistics...
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In music theory, a phrase (Greek: φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells...
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Musical phrasing is the method by which a musician shapes a sequence of notes in a passage of music to allow expression, much like when speaking English...
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Phrase (also known as Phrase Localization Suite) is a software as a service platform designed to automate and streamline translating and localizing digital...
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English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. This list is a combination of the twenty...
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Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (category Quranic words and phrases)
Arabic phrase, mentioned in the second surah of the Quran, and meaning "Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we return." The phrase is recited...
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"Gordon Bennett" is an English-language idiomatic phrase used to express surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, frustration or exasperation. The expression...
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Latin phrases (A) List of Latin phrases (B) List of Latin phrases (C) List of Latin phrases (D) List of Latin phrases (E) List of Latin phrases (F) List...
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23 skidoo (sometimes 23 skiddoo) is an American slang phrase generally referring to leaving quickly, being forced to leave quickly by someone else, or...
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English language (section Nouns and noun phrases)
may, in turn, be composed of one or more phrases (e.g. Noun Phrases, Verb Phrases, and Prepositional Phrases). A clause is built around a verb and includes...
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of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek...
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Risk and Safety Statements (redirect from Risk phrase)
known as R/S statements, R/S numbers, R/S phrases, and R/S sentences, is a system of hazard codes and phrases for labeling dangerous chemicals and compounds...
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of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek...
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English grammar (redirect from English noun phrase)
structural rules of the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts. This article describes a generalized...
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Phrase structure rules are a type of rewrite rule used to describe a given language's syntax and are closely associated with the early stages of transformational...
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Homophone (redirect from Same-sounding phrases)
sometimes applies to units longer or shorter than words, for example a phrase, letter, or groups of letters which are pronounced the same as a counterpart...
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opening-phrase or incipit used in the Bible in Genesis 1:1. In John 1:1 of the New Testament, the word Archē is translated into English with the same phrase....
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A statistically improbable phrase (SIP) is a phrase or set of words that occurs more frequently in a document (or collection of documents) than in some...
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In computer science, phrase searching allows users to retrieve content from information systems (such as documents from file storage systems, records from...
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oldest profession in the world (or the world's oldest profession) is a phrase that, unless another meaning is specified, refers to prostitution. However...
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Parting phrases, which are valedictions used to acknowledge the parting of individuals or groups of people from each other, are elements of parting traditions...
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phrase structure grammar (GPSG) is a framework for describing the syntax and semantics of natural languages. It is a type of constraint-based phrase structure...
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The full monty (redirect from The Full Monty (phrase))
slang phrase of uncertain origin. It means "everything which is necessary, appropriate or possible; 'the works'". Similar North American phrases include...
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