A noun phrase, or nominal, is a phrase that has a noun as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun. Noun phrases are very common cross-linguistically, and they may be the most frequently occurring phrase type.

What is noun phrase example?

A noun phrase is either a pronoun or any group of words that can be replaced by a pronoun. For example, 'they', 'cars', and 'the cars' are noun phrases, but 'car' is just a noun, as you can see in these sentences (in which the noun phrases are all in bold) Q: Do you like cars? A: Yes, I like them.

What is called a noun phrase?

The noun phrase - Easy Learning Grammar. A noun phrase is a word or group of words that can function as the subject, the object, or the complement in a sentence.