Inflectional phrase

Inflectional phrase

An inflectional phrase (or IP) is essentially the same as a sentence in which the verb has finite form.

It is a functional phrase which has of inflection i.e., tense and agreement.

ee also

*Clause
*Phrase
*Sentence (linguistics)


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