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In everyday speech, a phrase may be any group of words, often carrying a special idiomatic meaning; in this sense it is roughly synonymous with expression. In linguistic analysis, a phrase is a group of words (or possibly a single word) that functions as a constituent in the syntax of a sentence—a single unit within a grammatical hierarchy. A phrase appears within a clause, although it is also possible for a phrase to be a clause or to contain a clause within it.
There is a difference between the common use of the term phrase and its technical use in linguistics. In common usage, a phrase is usually a group of words with some special idiomatic meaning or other significance, such as "all rights reserved", "economical with the truth", "kick the bucket", and the like. It may be a euphemism, a saying or proverb, a fixed expression, a figure of speech, etc.
In grammatical analysis, particularly in theories of syntax, a phrase is any group of words, or sometimes a single word, which plays a particular role within the grammatical structure of a sentence. It does not have to have any special meaning or significance, or even exist anywhere outside of the sentence being analyzed, but it must function there as a complete grammatical unit. For example, in the sentence Yesterday I saw an orange bird with a white neck, the words an orange bird with a white neck form what is called a noun phrase, or a determiner phrase in some theories, which functions as the object of the sentence.
Cien mil moscas persiguen cabezas
para dedicarse a volar en torno a ellas.
Síndromes extraños retan a la ciencia,
colapsan hospitales y salas de urgencia.
Alzheimer.
Pierdes la memoria, olvidas el habla.
Si eras un capullo ahora eres una larva.
Tu mirada fija en un punto imaginario
y la boca abierta siempre babeando.
Rebaños de neuronas huyen en manada
de todos los cerebros que incuban esta tara.
Sálvese quien pueda, empieza la caza.
Pronto serás un hombre maraca.
Alzheimer.
Alzheimer, es tu síndrome.
Alzheimer, la nueva plaga.
Alzheimer, alerta roja.
Tres, dos o uno. Alzheimer arrasa.
Fúndete los plomos, quema tus fusibles,
tu mejor compañero será este síndrme.
Ahora embudos y camisas de fuerza
marcan el estilo que se agota en las tiendas.
Alzheimer.
Esta es la más chic de las enfermedades,
muchos la sufren aunque no lo saben.
Grandes eminencias y famosos dirigentes
siguen en activo mientras la padecen.
Ven a formar parte de este club privado.
El síndrome de Down ya no mola un carajo.
Alzheimer es tu amigo, Alzheimer presidente.
El mundo le aclama y las masas enloquecen.
Alzheimer.
Alzheimer, es tu síndrome.
Alzheimer, la nueva plaga.
Alzheimer, alerta roja.
Tres, dos o uno. Alzheimer arrasa.