СТРУКТУРНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ІМЕННОЇ ФРАЗИ У СУЧАСНІЙ АНГЛІЙСЬКІЙ МОВІ

Abstract

The articles considers diferent approaches to the deinitions of “phrase” and “noun phrase” suggested
by representatives of various linguistic paradigms. The paper highlights basic structural components of NPs
in English used in British Press on the basis of the data provided by Boston University Noun Phrase Corpus.
The results of the analysis are interpreted in the light of the X-bar theory. Primary grammatical functions
of NP are described in regard to its sentence position.