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Figure 1: A simple genitive construction (‘the house of the man’)
The analogy to the simple NP is emphasised by the color pattern:
Figure 2: A simple definite nominal phrase (‘the man’)
Figure 3: A simple indefinite nominal phrase (‘a man’)
The definition predicts a further regularity, not covered by the descriptive
set of rules in the textbook: attributed adjectives follow in reverse order of
their respective substantives (see figure below).
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