Complex Noun Phrase
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A Complex Noun Phrase is a noun phrase that contains base noun phrases.
- Example(s):
- “the exception of mild shortness of breath and chronically swollen ankles”
- Counter-Example(s):
- any Compound Noun.
- a Recursive Noun Phrase.
- See: Complex Entity Mention.
References
2006
- (Cortés & Verdejo, 2006) ⇒ Jesús Andrés Cortés, and Rafael Rigol Verdejo. (2006). “Teaching How to Generate Complex Nominal Phrases Used to Define New Concepts or Describe Objects.” In: Proceedings of AELFE 2006.
- QUOTE: Scientific texts incorporate complex noun phrases as part of their communicative function within a concept-oriented theory. The occurrence of these combinations constitutes a common feature of the above-mentioned texts. The aim of this paper is to examine the different functions which underlie those phrases and how they generate depending on the information they convey. Let us consider two examples to see how the different modifiers are added and how, according to their pragmatic use, acquire a specific contextualised meaning.
- diet
- powder-sugar diet
- yeast-carrot powder-sugar diet
- torula yeast-carrot powder-sugar diet
- Quite often these complex nominal phrases include modifiers referring to properties. Some examples, taken from the analysed corpus, are shown: deep, aggressive root system; disease-resistant turf seed; low-input sustainable agriculture; shallow-depth water flow; reduced electric power costs; tiny white-winged males; ornamental whitebarked birch selections; a flattened cone-shaped inner rim; much deeper, drifting windblown sand; two low-humidity, hot-air treatments; smaller, pear-shaped secondary conidia pores; a healthy, actively growing cool-season grass; new early-growing midseason perennial ryegrass; low-cholesterol, low-fat, freeze-dried meats; agronomically acceptable, insect-resistant, high-yielding hybrids; highly volatile, extremely toxic broad spectrum pesticide; other relatively weed-free, short-season field crops; a natural, clean label, smoky-bacon flavoured ingredient.
- QUOTE: Scientific texts incorporate complex noun phrases as part of their communicative function within a concept-oriented theory. The occurrence of these combinations constitutes a common feature of the above-mentioned texts. The aim of this paper is to examine the different functions which underlie those phrases and how they generate depending on the information they convey. Let us consider two examples to see how the different modifiers are added and how, according to their pragmatic use, acquire a specific contextualised meaning.
1995
- (Soderland et al., 1995) ⇒ Stephen Soderland, David Fisher, Jonathan Aseltine, and Wendy G. Lehnert. (1995). “CRYSTAL: Inducing a Conceptual Dictionary.” In: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 1995).
- QUOTE: … it assigns the complex noun phrase “the exception of mild shortness of breath and chronically swollen ankles” to a single prepositional phrase buffer. When a complex noun phrase has multiple head nouns or multiple modifiers, the class constraint becomes a conjunctive constraint.