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inflectional phrase

inflectional phrase noun: a functional phrase that contains inflectional properties, such as tense and agreement, and whereby the sentence can be treated consisting of a head, complement and specifier.

Noun

inflectional phrase (plural inflectional phrases)

  1. (X-bar theory) A functional phrase that contains inflectional properties, such as tense and agreement, and whereby the sentence can be treated consisting of a head, complement and specifier.

Forms of inflectional phrase

pluralinflectional phrases

Questions about inflectional phrase

What does inflectional phrase mean?
Inflectional phrase means a functional phrase that contains inflectional properties, such as tense and agreement, and whereby the sentence can be treated consisting of a head, complement and specifier.
What part of speech is inflectional phrase?
Inflectional phrase is a noun.
What is the plural of inflectional phrase?
The plural of inflectional phrase is inflectional phrases.

Words near inflectional phrase in the dictionary

  1. inflection
  2. inflection point
  3. inflection points
  4. inflectional
  5. inflectional morphology
  6. inflectional phrase
  7. inflectional phrases
  8. inflectional suffix
  9. inflectional tangent
  10. inflectional tangents
  11. inflectionally

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