不带名词中心词的名词词组

语言学词典认为,名词词组是指起名词作用、可作为句子的主语、宾语或补语的一个词或一组词。在这一组词中,有一个名词或代词作它的中心词。但是,有时名词词组却不带名词中心词。首先看几个大家熟悉的句子:1)The African kept trying to escape—which in those days was to at-tempt the impossible—and each time he was caught and brought back.2)When Madame Loisel took the necklace back to Madame Forestier,the latter said coldly…3)Madame Loisel now knew the horrible life of the needy.这三句中的划线部分都有冠词 the 修饰,分别作动词宾语、句子主语和介词宾语,显然起的是名词作用,但又都没有名词中心词。这种现象 R.