The Developmental Pattern Theoretical Review

Depending on the context of situation, specifically, the current study discover the noun phrase pre-modification and noun phrase post-modification. The scope and explanation are then presented. Nouns are rarely stand alone, they are usually accompanied by modifiers. Noun stands at the head of the noun phrase. It dictates which modifiers can be used and it carries a heavy semantic load. Noun modifiers are generally much more common in informational written register like academic prose or newspaper reportage than in other registers de Hann 1989, Halliday 1988, Varantola 1984. Overall, pre-modifiers and post-modifiers are about equally common Biber, 1999 p. 578. The first form of noun phrase is noun pre-modification. It is consists of 4 forms Mukarto, 2010. a. Determiner + Noun Headwords b. Determiner + Adjective + Noun Headwords c. Determiner + Adjective + Noun + Noun Headwords d. Determiner + Participle + Noun Headwords The next form of noun phrase is noun post-modification form. It is also consist of 4 forms. a. Noun Headwords + Relative Adjective Clause b. Noun Headwords + Participle c. Noun Headwords + Prepositional Phrase d. Noun Headwords + To infinitive

2.1.2.1 Noun Phrase Pre-Modification

a. Determiner + NH Noun phrases start with determiners which are placed at the beginning of phrases. Determiners are specific or general. In this study, the specific determiners include possessives, demonstratives, the definite article, and the interrogative. While the general determiners include a, an, any, another, other, and what. Table 2.1. Determiner and noun headword NH Determiner + NH NP a + noun a + girl a girl the + noun the + boy the boy The the + class room the class room b. Determiner + Adjective + NH Adjectives words is attributive because this words explains and gives attribute to noun. The attribute is usually like characteristic at noun, such as below: i. financial decision ii. Indonesia experienced monetary crisis recently In this part, the noun phrase is formed by adjective as attribute. There are some NP are formed by adjective + headwords, like a taxable entity, ordinary PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI