Pengertian Noun Phrase
Noun Phrase adalah frasa antara noun, pronoun, atau number (berfungsi sebagai head) dan satu atau lebih modifier.
Ilustrasi
Frasa kata benda ini digunakan ketika single noun tidak cukup spesifik untuk menunjuk suatu
kata benda.
Contoh Noun Phrase:
Anda ingin mengatakan ke teman ada bahwa seseorang wanita yang ada dikerumunan orang-orang adalah saudara anda. Maka anda dapat mengatakan:
The fair-skinned woman with a red T-shirt and black skirt is my sister.
NP
Basic Noun Phrase
Komponen basic noun phrase terdiri dari:
- determiners, yaitu: pre (multiplier, fraction, distributive, intensifier, exclamative), central (article, possessive, demonstrative), dan/atau post-determiner (number, quantifier).
- head, yaitu: noun atau numeral/number.
Contoh basic noun phrase:
- my bag
Keterangan: my= possessive, bag= head
- the next page
Keterangan: the= article, next= number, page= head
Complex Noun Phrase
Komponen complex noun phrase terdiri dari:
- Pre-modifiers, merupakan modifiers yang ditempatkan sebelum head, yaitu: determiners, adjective, adjective phrase, participle (active & passive), & kata benda lain.
- Head, yaitu: noun, pronoun, atau number, dan/atau
- Post-Modifiers, merupakan modifiers yang ditempatkan setelah head, yaitu: prepositional phrase, participle (active & passive), to infinitive, relative clause, dan complementation.
Contoh complex noun phrase:
- A love letter put on my bag
Keterangan: a= determiner, love= kata benda lain, letter= head, put= past participle, on my bag= prepositional phrase
- The rich in the world who cares with the poor
Keterangan: the= determiner, rich= adjective, in the world= prepositional phrase, who cares with the poor= relative clause
Semoga tulisan pengertian, macam, dan contoh noun phrase ini bermanfaat dan mohon maaf jika ada kekurangan. Feel free to comment! :)
References:
- Noun Phrase (NP). http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/phrases/np.htm. Accessed on October 29, 2012.
- The Function of Phrases. http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/phrfunc.html. Accessed on October 29, 2012.
- The Noun Phrase. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/noun-phrase. Accessed on October 29, 2012.
- Complete Reference: The Noun Phrase. http://www.criticalreading.com/noun_phrase.htm. Accessed on October 29, 2012.
- The Noun Phrase. http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/grammar/ph_noun.htm. Accessed on October 29, 2012.
- The Internal Structure of Noun Phrases in English. http://images.brighthub.com[DOC]. Accessed on October 29, 2012.

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