Verb Phrase
Definition:
Here are two senses for verb phrase: 1. In traditional terminology, a verb phrase is a phrase that
2. In generative grammar, a verb phrase is a syntactic unit that corresponds to the predicate. In addition to the verb, this includes auxiliaries, objects, object complements, and other constituents apart from the subject. |
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.