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A '''determiner phrase''' or '''DP''' is a [[constituent]] that refers to an individual. Most prototypically, it's formed by combining a [[determiner]] and a [[verb]]. For example, {{t|ké zu}} "the language" is a DP. | A '''determiner phrase''' or '''DP''' is a [[constituent]] that refers to an individual. Most prototypically, it's formed by combining a [[determiner]] and a [[verb]]. For example, {{t|ké zu}} "the language" is a DP. | ||
You may be more familiar with the term '''noun phrase''' or '''NP''' if you've studied English syntax. But Toaq is based on a slightly more complex branch of [[generative grammar]] that favors DPs, and anyway it doesn't have nouns, so we talk about DPs instead. | |||
== Under the hood == | == Under the hood == | ||