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Determiner phrase

In linguistics, a determiner phrase (DP) is a type of phrase headed by a determiner such as many. Controversially, many approaches take a phrase like not very many apples to be a DP headed, in this case, by the determiner many. This is called the DP analysis or the DP hypothesis. Others reject this analysis in favor of the more traditional NP (noun…

The competing analyses, Arguments for NP over DP & Arguments for DP over NP

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The competing analyses

Arguments for DP over NP

Arguments for NP over DP

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Determiner phrase

Nodes35
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Triples108
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
manyinstance ofis a type of phrase headed by a determiner0.80text
Meaning-Text Theoryinstance ofand most dependency grammars0.80text
Functional Generative Descriptioninstance ofand most dependency grammars0.80text
and Lexicase Grammar also assume the traditional NP analysis of noun phrasesinstance ofand most dependency grammars0.80text
Word Grammar being the one exceptioninstance ofand most dependency grammars0.80text
the carinstance ofVarious types of determiners in English are summarized in the following table.Should the determiner in phrases0.80text
those ideas be construed as the head of or as a dependent in the phraseinstance ofVarious types of determiners in English are summarized in the following table.Should the determiner in phrases0.80text
will understandinstance ofGiven a combination0.80text
one views the modal auxiliary verb willinstance ofGiven a combination0.80text
a function wordinstance ofGiven a combination0.80text
as head over the main verb understandinstance ofGiven a combination0.80text
a content wordinstance ofGiven a combination0.80text

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