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<p>New page: The term &#039;&#039;&#039;peripheral modifier&#039;&#039;&#039; is used by Huddleston &amp; Pullum (2002) for <a href="/index.php/Focus_particle" title="Focus particle">focus particles</a> in English, which always stand at the very periphery of the <a href="/index.php/Noun_phrase" title="Noun phrase">noun phrase</a>. ===Examples==...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The term '''peripheral modifier''' is used by Huddleston &amp; Pullum (2002) for [[focus particle]]s in English, which always stand at the very periphery of the [[noun phrase]].<br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> '''''even''' all the old books about Algeria that Maria bought'', ''the bicycle '''alone'''''<br /> <br /> ===Reference===<br /> [[Huddleston, Rodney]] &amp; [[Pullum, Geoffrey K.]] (eds.) 2002. ''The Cambridge grammar of the English language.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]</div>

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