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A-Z 803nomen appellativumcommon nounnomen propriumproper nounnominalnoun phrasenominal aphasiaaphasianominal construction functional verbstructurenominal definitiondefinitionnominal sentenceSentence composed solely of nouns. Nominal sentences are a special case of ellipsis, e.g.Life, a dream.nominal styleFrequent use of derived nouns instead of verbs, depending on the reforming andreduction of sentences to groups of nouns. Characteristic elements of style arenominalization, e.g. the breakdown of talks instead of talks break down, compounds,relational adjectiv e, e.g. parental agreement instead of the parents agree.