LING 2P10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Noun Phrase, Morpheme, Mass Noun
4 Oct 2016
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Ling 2p10 the noun phrase (week three) Nouns a noun typically refers to a person, a place, or a thing. Place: new york, canada, brock university, etc. However, even if a word clearly belongs to a particular class, this does not guarantee its function. E. g. , many women activists have contributed to fairness. E. g. , brock students use both sides of the brain. E. g. , the annual boat race takes place in october. An adjective typically provides qualities to a noun. Similar to nouns, its classification does not guarantee its function. E. g. , the old and the young can use this technology quite easily. Not all nouns can take the possessive to indicate possession or ownership. Nouns that can take the possessive are generally: Collective nouns: the crowd"s noise was loud. Inanimate nouns typically take of phrases": e. g. , the front of the buildings. Note: collective nouns are inanimate nouns, but these can take the possessive.
