In X-bar theory and other grammatical theories that incorporate it, an inflectional phrase (IP or INFLP) or agreement phrase (AGRP) is a functional phrase which has inflection properties (such as tense and agreement). An Inflectional phrase is essentially the same as a sentence, but reflects an analysis whereby a sentence can be treated as having a head, complement and specifier, like other kinds of phrase.
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