NOUN PHRASE
Noun
phrase is a word group with noun as its head. According to Jackson (1985), the English
noun phrase (NP) is potentially constructed by
a pre-modifier, a head, and a post-modifier. A noun phrase may also consist of
determiner, an adjective, or a noun as
modifier, and a noun as a head.
e.g., a clever student, the young man, the good character, the table’s leg, many diligent workers, the good island, the pretty woman, some intelligent person.
The explanation above shows that noun phrase is a group of words containing a determiner or modifier (Pre or Post-modifier) and a head. the clear description of noun phrase can be seen below.
e.g., a clever student, the young man, the good character, the table’s leg, many diligent workers, the good island, the pretty woman, some intelligent person.
The explanation above shows that noun phrase is a group of words containing a determiner or modifier (Pre or Post-modifier) and a head. the clear description of noun phrase can be seen below.
example;
- My smart friends studying in this class
🌺Determiner
a determiner is a word that introduces a noun. It always comes before a noun, not after, and it also comes before any other adjectives used to describe the noun.
Determiners have two main functions: Referring and Quantifying.
- 'Referring' means showing us who or what the noun is pointing to or talking about. The most common types of determiners which we use for referring are articles, possessives and demonstratives:
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ARTICLE
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DEMONSTRATIVE
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POSSESSIVE
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Indefinite
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Definite
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Singular
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Plural
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My…. , Your….
Our……, their….. his ………, her…….
Its………..
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A …….
An ……
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The ……
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This …..
That …..
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These …..
Those …..
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“A” is followed by consonant sound and singular countable noun
“An” is followed by vowel sound and singular countable noun
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“the” is flexible article. It can be followed by consonant or
vowel sound and singular or plural countable and uncountable noun
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“This and that” are followed by singular countable noun or uncountable
noun
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“These and those” are followed by plural countable noun
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example;
This morning i saw a girl. the girl looked pale and she fell down. My friend directly came to her and shouted "Please, take me the medicine on that medicine storage box!", and then i took it and gave it to him.
Five people were arrested during an anti-war demonstration in London today.
There are some letters here for you. (some means a non-specific, small number or quantity of something.)
🌺Pre-modifier
a pre-modifier is a modifier that precedes the head of a noun phrase or word. Pre-modifiers are most often adjectives (descriptive adjective), participles, and nouns.
example;
This morning i saw a girl. the girl looked pale and she fell down. My friend directly came to her and shouted "Please, take me the medicine on that medicine storage box!", and then i took it and gave it to him.
- ‘Quantifying’ means showing how much or how many:
Five people were arrested during an anti-war demonstration in London today.
There are some letters here for you. (some means a non-specific, small number or quantity of something.)
🌺Pre-modifier
a pre-modifier is a modifier that precedes the head of a noun phrase or word. Pre-modifiers are most often adjectives (descriptive adjective), participles, and nouns.
example;
The smart teacher teaches English well.
My friend come to the interesting party.
I go to the book store.
🌺Post-modifier
Post-modifiers are the modifiers which come after the words they modify. They can be adjective, participle, clause, or prepositional phrase.
example;
Mission impossible
The teacher teaching in the class
The boy that the girl love
the boy in that class
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