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phrase definition

The concept of phrase, especially in the linguistic context where the aforementioned term observes entity and importance, it has a diversity of meanings.

Because for example for traditional grammar, a sentence is an expression formed by a set of words in which there is no verb that is referring in a personal wayLikewise, sentences that do not have a verb in their formulation are also called a phrase in the same context.

If we have to point out an example that best describes this last case, it will undoubtedly be that of the compliment It is known as that ingenious phrase that is generally put into practice when you want to flatter or exalt the physical characteristics of any person, although almost always the recipients of them are usually women, what a beautiful chocolate for my candy factory ...

On the other hand and in logical or semantic terms, a phrase is the synonym of a proposition, that is, any statement that can be true or false.

And finally, for the field of syntax, that sub-discipline of linguistics and which is in turn part of grammatical analysis, a phrase, is used as the synonym of phrase, that is, all that statement that has a certain meaning, for example, the phrase constituted by a single morpheme or signifier or several signifiers, because in reality for this matter, the syntax, what really matters and does to a phrase, A sentence is that it constitutes a coherent whole that has a clear and defined meaning.

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