Noun Phrases & Suffixes

Nouns

• Part of the form class• Have markers and identifiers to show that it is a noun

• Can be made either plural or possessive

• Markers• Plural: -s

• Singular Possessive: -‘s

• Plural Possessive: -s’

Noun Phrase

• A phrase is a word or group of words that functions as a unit within the sentence• A Noun Phrase is a phrase that functions as a noun

• A phrase will have a headword• This is a noun in a noun phrase

• Will also have a determiner

Determiners

• Articles “a” and “the”

• Possessive pronouns

• Demonstrative Pronouns• This

• That

• These

• Those

A noun is a word that can be made plural and/or possessive; it occupies the

headword position in the noun phrase; it is usually signaled by a determiner

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