Recursive Phrase
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A Recursive Phrase is a Phrase whose Syntactic Structure involves a Recursive Operation.
- Context:
- .
- 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
- A Recursive Noun Phrase: “Cats and racoons and foxes prowl.”, from