Information about Adjectival Phrase
An adjectival phrase (AP) is a phrase with an adjective as its head (e.g., full of toys). Adjectival phrases may occur as postmodifiers to a noun (a bin full of toys), or as predicatives (predicate adjectives) to a verb (the bin is full of toys).
Adjectival phrases give more detail to a noun. They can become arbitrarily long, and in some languages they tend to become quite complex.
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Adjectival phrases give more detail to a noun. They can become arbitrarily long, and in some languages they tend to become quite complex.
Examples
- red (rose)
- red, big (rose)
- red, big, reminding me of my former love (rose)
- red, big, filling my senses with sorrow, reminding me of my former love (rose)
In grammar, a phrase is a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence.
For example the house at the end of the street (example 1) is a phrase. It acts like a noun.
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For example the house at the end of the street (example 1) is a phrase. It acts like a noun.
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