Determiner + NH + RelativeAdjective Clause
The following English NP and Indonesia equivalence is presented to describe the Indonesian noun phrase structure. The word underlined are their noun
head words. 1 One man = satu orang laki-laki
2 The facts = kenyataan-kenyataan itu 3 Your business = usahamu
4 Seven aspects = tujuh aspek 5 Such limits = pembatasan-pembatasan semacam itu
6 All the events = semua peristiwa 7 No choice = tidak ada pilihan
8 Those questions = pernyataan-pernyataan itu Based on the noun phrase above, there are two big differences classified.
The number 1, 4, 6, 7 behave different from those of number 2, 3, 5, and 8. To make it clear, consider the table 2.7
Table.2.7 The similarity of ENP and INP quantity
English Indonesian Noun Headword
One
Choices Seven
All the No
Satu Pilihan
Tujuh Semua
Tak ada Table 2.8 The differences of ENP and INP modifiers
English Noun Headword
Indonesian
the
Choices Your
Such Those
pilihan Itu
Mu semacam itu
Itu
Two tables shows that modifiers in English NP comes before the noun head word, whereas in the Indonesian language it comes after the noun head,
except when it denotes quantity, like: one, two, some any, a few, several, many much all, no, and the like.
Another Indonesian NP which have different structure on English NP. The following examples:
9 pengusaha-pengusaha yang sukses = success businessman 10 aspek-aspek yang bermacam-macam ini = these various aspects
11 bentuk dasarnya = its basic form PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
For more detail the differences is presented on table 2.9 below, Table 2.9 The using of adjective in ENP and INP 1
English Noun headword
Indonesian
success Businessman
1 pengusaha-pengusaha
yang sukses 1
Table 2.10 Another different of ENP and INP
English Noun headword
Indonesian
these various Aspects
1 2
aspek-aspek yang bermacam-macam ini
2 1
its basic Form
1 2 bentuk
Dasarnya 2
1
Those two tables shows that all the modifiers in Indonesian come after the noun head. This also support the previous research from Yuwono that indicates
none of the modifiers of the English NP in 9,10, and 11 bears a noun determiner denoting quantity Yuwono, 2010.
This section also examine more complex type of English noun phrases that related to Indonesian phrase which describes the differences both.