noun phrases

now playing : Believe In Me by demi lovato hehehe.. back to class ! we discuss about noun phrases , N O W :D

The noun phrase is a group of words that ends with a noun. It can contain determiners (the, a, this, etc.), adjectives, adverbs, and nouns. It cannot begin with a preposition. Remember that both subjects and complements are generally noun phrases.

Example:
My coach is happy.
I like the cars over there.
The woman who lives there is my aunt.
Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster.
I consider Meong my favorite cat.
Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves.
To read quickly and accurately is John’s goal.
Two of my guests have arrived.
Mr. Jones spoke to Dr. James.
My friend works with her father.
Alex is a smart tall white boy.
It's a beautiful red car.
Mr. Aldy has just bought an expensive large house.


Noun phrases atau frase nomina adalah frase yang terdiri dari nomina atau pronomina (sebagai head) dan modifiers.

Modifiers yang biasanya menyertai nomina adalah:
- determiners (articles, demonstratives, numbers, possessives, quantifiers)
- adjectives, adjective phrases, adjective clauses
- relative clauses

Seperti halnya nomina, frase nomina juga mempunyai fungsi sebagai subjek atau objek dalam suatu kalimat. Perhatikan contoh berikut di bawah ini:
- My coach is happy.
- I like the cars over there.
- The woman who lives there is my aunt.
- Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster.
- I consider Meong my favorite cat.
- Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves.
- To read quickly and accurately is John’s goal.
- Two of my guests have arrived.
- Mr. Jones spoke to Dr. James.
- My friend works with her father.

Frase nomina selalu memiliki nomina sebagai head. Dan umumnya determiners dan adjective phrases menempati posisi sebagai pre-modifiers atau pre-head. Contoh:
- the children
- happy children
- the happy children

Setelah head, diletakkan post-modifiers yang panjangnya tidak dibatasi, contoh: the dog that chased the cat that killed the mouse that ate the cheese that was made from the milk that came from the cow that...

Dalam kenyataannya, pemakaian post-modifiers sepanjang contoh di atas jarang digunakan, bahkan tidak pernah.

Head dari frase nomina tidak harus selalu nomina, bisa juga berupa pronomina (pronouns).
Contoh:
- I like coffee.
- The waitress gave me the wrong dessert.
- This is my car.

Jika yang berlaku sebagai head berupa pronomina, maka frase nomina itu umumnya memiliki head (berupa pronomina) itu saja. Hal ini karena pronomina tidak memerlukan determiners atau adjectives sehingga pre-modifiers tidak diperlukan. Tetapi, beberapa pronomina, memungkinkan untuk ditambahkan post-modifiers.
[Those who arrive late] cannot be admitted until the interval.

Begitu juga numbers, dapat menempati posisi sebagai head dari frase nomina.
[Two of my guests] have arrived.
[The first to arrive] was John.


Catatan
Kemampuan memahami frase nomina dengan baik merupakan hal yang penting untuk mengenali ide dalam suatu kalimat, daripada sekadar mengetahui arti kata per kata. Pengetahuan akan kemungkinan variasi dari perluasan bentuk pada frase nomina sangat bermanfaat dalam memahami secara tepat dan spesifik makna yang terkandung dalam suatu kalimat.