group (n.)

A term used in HALLIDAYAN grammar to refer to a UNIT on the RANK scale intermediate between CLAUSE and WORD. For example, in the SENTENCE The car was parked in the street, the car is a ‘NOMINAL group’, was parked is a ‘VERBAL group’, and in the street is an ‘ADVERBIAL group’. The term PHRASE is equivalent in most other approaches.

A group genitive is a general designation for the English CONSTRUCTION where the GENITIVE ending is added to the last ELEMENT in a NOUN PHRASE containing POST-modification or CO-ORDINATION, e.g. the University of London’s grant, Morecambe and Wise’s humour.

A group genitive is a general designation for the English CONSTRUCTION where the GENITIVE ending is added to the last ELEMENT in a NOUN PHRASE containing POST-modification or CO-ORDINATION, e.g. the University of London’s grant, Morecambe and Wise’s humour.