Recursive Phrase

A Recursive Phrase is a Phrase whose Syntactic Structure involves a Recursive Operation.

• Context:
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• Example(s):
  • A Recursive Noun Phrase: “Cats and racoons and foxes prowl.”, from NP → NP and NP.
  • A Recursive Verb Phrase: “He knew I knew he knew.”, from S → N + VP ; VP → V + S.
  • A Recursive Prepositional Phrase: “'", from NP = (DET) (ADJ) N (PP) ; PP → P + NP

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