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2004 uses 971.726 words from 129 empirical research articles taken from six top journals to find out the significant underdevelopment of noun phrase post- modification complexity in EFL academy writing. The set of the noun phrases under investigation are classified more on four components based on the pre-modification and post-modification noun phrase. The table below shows the classification of noun phrase identification based on the form in the previous chapter. Table 3.2. The forms of noun phrase identification Comp. Noun Phrase FormConstruct Type 1 1. Computers 2. Assets 1. NH s 2. NH s A A 2 1. data-processing equipment 2. business transactions 3. an audit 4. modern accounting 5. financial statement 1. + Part. + NH 2. N + NHs 3. Det. + NH 4. N + NH 5. N + NH A A A A A 3 1. a balance sheet 2. two sides that must be in balance 3. the purpose of balance sheet 4. economic events that affect the financial position of a business entity 5. the reliability of the accounting report 6. the solution to this problem 7. extensive financial information 8. various levels of government 9. the document that report on an individual’s or organizational business 1. Det. + N + NH 2. Det. + NHs + RC 3. Det. + NH + PP 4. N + NHs + RC 5. Det. + NH + PP 6. Det. + NH + To. Infinitive 7. Adj. + N + NH 8. Adj. + NHs + PP 9. Det. + NH + RC A A B A B A B A B A B A A B A B 10. the statement of owner’s policy 11. the changes in the owner’s capital account during the year 10. Det. + NH + PP 11. Det. + NHs + PP A B A B 4 1. the financial position of business on certain date 2. a chronological record of all transactions 3. a basic component of business management 4. economic resources owned by a business that are expected to benefit future operations 5. the new employee working in your office 6. a reputable accounting academy 1. Det. + N + NH + PP 2. Det. + N + NH + PP 3. Det. + N +NH + PP 4. N + NHs + Part. + RC 5. Det. + Adj. + NH + - Part. 6. Det. + Adj. + N + NH A B A B A B A B A B A Noted A: Pre-modification NP, B: Pre-modification NP see Chapter II Meanwhile the concern of the present study is the acquisition of noun phrase, the acquisition of rendering the meaning of noun phrase by identifying noun headword also needed. So in the second instruction of the written test, the EFL learners was also invited to render the noun phrase to Indonesian. The meanings of the noun phrases which are used to the written test need to be presented. The componential analysis was based on monolingual Indonesian dictionaries, i.e. Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia. The analysis was also consulted with an Indonesian linguist. The following sentences is presented to the translation of the noun phrase in research instrument. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI