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The Structure of the Nucleus

The range of slots in a systemic analysis of the NP, in the order they typically appear (after Halliday 1994), appears below, and figure 3 shows a typical NP structure:

  (Deictic) ^ (Numerator) ^ (Epithet*) ^ 
    (Classifier*) ^ Thing ^ (Qualifier*)

  Key: () - optionality
       *  - any number of this slot may 
            occur

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Figure: A Sample NP Structure



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