The Noun Phrase (Pre- and Posthead dependents)

Questão	Responda
Pre-head dependents	DETERMINERS PREFHEAD MODIFIERS both more specifically in other flashcard set
Posthead dependents	COMPLEMENTS POSTFHEAD MODIFIERS PERIPHERAL DEPENDENTS
COMPLEMENTS	→ ‘controlled’ by the noun functioning as head in the NP -> strong connection → May belong to a number of classes e.g. noun clause, prepositional phrase, etc. → A new sense \|of confidence\| = Prepositional phrase → His decision \|to surrender\| = Infinitival clause
POSTFHEAD MODIFIERS	→ Do not rely upon the presence of a particular type of noun → Less closely tied to the noun = OPTIONAL → May be long to a number of classes too e.g. PPs, relative clauses, AdjP, etc. → A warning \|for the present era.\| = PP → A society \|that’s increasingly reaching back to paganism\| = Relative clause
PERIPHERAL DEPENDENTS	= non-defining relative clause → Have a passing character, because set off from the rest of the NP by a comma → The car, which Sue used to drive = Peripheral dependent; relative clause → My sister, who has just returned from Paris, is feeling ill → APPOSITION = NP directly followed by another NP e.g. Dr Mike Grey, dentist

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