Determiner + Pre-modifier + Head The Types of Noun Phrases

35 2. Determiner + Pre-modifier + Head This type of noun phrase structure is the second highest in terms of percentage of occurrence in the utterances of Jace Wayland. The structure contains of determiners followed by pre-modifiers and the head. The use of determiners in this structure is various such as, articles, possessives, quantifier, and cardinal number. What follows after the determiner is pre-modifier such as adjective, noun, present participle, and past participle. The total number of this noun phrase structure type collected from the data is 117 with 16.9 percentage. The examples of each structure types are as follows. 10 An + electric + eel page 55 I art Adj H Noun phrase 10 shows that the indefinite article an is the determiner to modify the noun phrase head eel which is singular count noun. This time the noun phrase has another property to modify the head. After determiners, there is pre- modifier to modify the noun phrase head. In noun phrase 10 the adjective electric functions as the pre-modifier of the phrase. 11 The + beauteous + Isabelle page 43 D art Adj H In noun phrase 11, it has the similar structure type to noun phrase 10. The only distinct part is that the determiner of noun phrase 11 is definite article. The adjective beauteous is the pre-modifier to modify the noun phrase head Isabelle which is a proper noun. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 36 12 My + best + friend page 58 Poss Adj H The possessive my in noun phrase 12 is the determiner to modify the noun phrase head friend. Preceding the head, the adjective best serves the structure as pre-modifier to modify the head. 13 An + Eidolon + demon page 36 I art N H Noun phrase 13 uses indefinite article an as the determiner of the noun phrase. Similar to adjective, a noun can also modify the noun phrase head as the pre-modifier. The word Eidolon which is a proper noun is used in this structure to modify the singular head noun demon. 14 Your + tea + leaves page 68 Poss N H Noun phrase 14 is similar in terms of structure as in noun phrase 13. The distinct feature is that noun phrase 14 uses possessive determiner in the noun phrase. The word your is the determiner followed by tea as the pre-modifier to modify the noun phrase head leaves which is a plural noun. 15 A + healing + rune page 62 I art Pres Part H Pre-modification is not always done only by adjectives and nouns. Instead participles are also used to modify the noun phrase head. Noun phrase 15 shows that the pre-modifier is a present participle that is usually indicated by the existence of verb with –ing participles Quirk and Greenbaum, 1985: 396. The word healing is the pre-modifier of the singular noun head rune with indefinite article a as the determiner. 37 16 A + tired + bird page 130 I art Past Part H Another kind of participles as the pre-modifier of the noun phrase head is past participle. This kind of participle is often indicated by the use of verb with –ed participle. The indefinite article a is the determiner of this phrase. Following the determiner, it can be seen that the past participle tired serves as the pre-modifier in order to modify the noun phrase head bird which is a singular noun. 17 This + holy + place page 158 Demonstrative Adj H Noun phrase 17 shows that the demonstrative determiners this is used in the structure along with adjective pre-modifier holy in order to modify the singular noun head place. 18 Some + very + delicate + peace + negotiation page 43 Quant Adj Adj N H This type of structure is the most complex of all the Determiner + Pre- modifier Head structure examples mentioned before. Noun phrase 18 has three pre-modifiers along with the determiner which is quantifier some to modify the head of the noun phrase. It can be seen that the adjective delicate receives intensification by the indication of the adjective very in order to modify the head. The contribution of the noun peace also modify the noun phrase head negotiation. 3. Pre-modifier + Head