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and includes the element n which is the element at (m) that
stands for a noun modifying another. Thus, the elements that
may operate at (m) are d, o, e and n; here are some
examples
of English nominal
groups with d, o, e and n operating at (m)
and h. 21
dh oh eh nh
1. the man 1. two men 1. good food 1. copper kettles
2. this chap 2. many people 2. fine old
buildings
3. every single
book
2. Morris cars
3. fish soup
4. his own car 4. jute warehouse
5. all those
people
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5. cotton frock
6. a car 6. noun modifier
This table shows the types of word-classes which operate
at:
d - deictics and their submodifiers, such as 'single', 'own';
the use of 'all' emphasizes the specific reference of the
deictic used; Sinclair says that 'all' can precedes the
specific deictics, only. 22 It is considered a pre-deictic, 22
o - numerals with countable nouns as headwords,
e - adjectives, or epithets. They can be submodified
by words
such as 'very', 'more' and 'most' which "add the notion of
degree to the description of the-adjecti ves. " 24 This notion
of degree added to the description of the adjectives may be
conveyed by means of an inflection, such as in 'some nicer
shoes' and 'the nicest shoes' ; besides the submodifiers
which add the notion of degree, some others, such as
'a most'