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- What are

endocentric and exocentric phrases and which kind of phrases belongs to which

class? Give examples.

Answer:

Endocentric: It has the head. Having the center in itself. The phrases

that belong to it, verb, noun, adjective and adverb. All of them can be reduced

to one element only, namely their head (endocentric phrase).

Exocentric: It is the opposite of endocentric. Exocentric, literally

center outside themselves. Prepositional phrases. Two functional elements (a

head and a prepositional complement). At the operating level.

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modifiers of adjectives and give examples.

Prepositional phrases

Important for someone

Visible through the skin

Finite clauses (that-clause or wh-clause)

Conscious that

your society is older than my department by some forty years.

Doubtful whether

any of these large parrots live within…

Non-finite clauses

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