Noun Phrase as Predicative Complement in a Clause

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3. Noun Phrase as Predicative Complement in a Clause

Similar to the verbs, nouns are needed in the construction of a clause. One major distinction between nouns and verbs is that unlike verbs, nouns do not require and object. This function is the third noun phrase function with significant number of occurrence. There are 165 noun phrases found in the utterances of Jace Wayland with the percentage of 23.8. Predicative complement is usually in the form of noun phrase or adjective phrase. There are two kinds of predicative complement such as predicative adjective and predicative nominal. The only distinction of those two types is what follows the linking verbs whether it is an adjective or a noun. The examples of noun phrases as predicative complements are as follows. 60 That’s your problem . page 31 Clause 60 shows that the italic phrases is the noun phrase functioning as predicative complement because it follows the linking verb is . The structure of the noun phrase consists of determiner and the head of the phrase. Obviously, this is the most noun phrase structure type to occur as predicative complement with total number of 77 noun phrases found from the data collected. In clause 61, the possessive determiner your modify the singular noun head phrase problem . 61 This is the residential wing . page 43 The noun phrase the residential wing in clause 61 is constructed by determiner, pre-modifier, and the head of the phrase. This noun phrase functions as the predicative complement because it follows directly the linking verb is . According to the data collected, there are 28 noun phrases found in the utterances meaning that this is the second type of noun phrase structure to occur in the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 56 utterances functioning as predicative complement. It can be seen that the definite article the along with the pre-modifier adjective residential modify the singular noun head of the phrase wing in clause 61. 62 It’s also said that they’re the offspring of demons and angels , which always seemed more likely to me. page 68 Noun phrase the offspring of demons and angels in clause 62 has the structure of determiner followed by the head of the phrase then the prepositional clause. The linking verb are before the noun phrase in the clause indicates that the phrase functions as predicative complement. There are 19 noun phrases found from the data collected having this type of structure and functioning as predicative complement. In clause 62, the definite article the is followed by the singular noun head offspring then the prepositional phrase of demons and angels as the post- modifier. 63 Well, it’s not birthday cake . page 191 It can be seen that the phrase birthday cake is a noun phrase functioning as predicative complement because it follows directly the linking verb is . The phrase also has the structure of pre-modifier and the head of the phrase. The noun word birthday is the pre-modifier of the noun head cake in the clause 63. There are 17 noun phrase in total found from the data collection having this kind of structure and function as well. 64 It was half-dead, so it wasn’t much of a sting . page 36 Clause 64 shows that the noun phrase much of a sting is a predicative complement. The are 12 noun phrases with this type of structure in the utterances 57 functioning as predicative complement in the clause. In clause 64, the word much is the head of the phrase followed by the post-modifier, a prepositional phrase, of a sting . 65 There is a fine line between sarcasm and outright hostility . page 136 The phrase a fine line between sarcasm and outright hostility is a noun phrase functioning as predicative complement because of the linking verb is . It has the structure of determiner, pre-modifier, head, and post-modifier. According to data collected, there are 7 noun phrase as predicative complement with this type of structure. In clause 65, the indefinite article a is the determiner of the noun phrase. The phrase has the adjective word fine as the pre-modifier and the prepositional phrase between sarcasm and outright hostility as the post-modifier. The word line is the head of the noun phrase. 66 There are no parking lots on the Upper East Side . page 296 In clause 66, the noun phrase parking lots on the Upper East Side functions as a predicative complement. It has the structure of pre-modifier followed by the head of the phrase and the post-modifier. The present participle word parking is the pre-modifier of the plural noun head phrase lots . The post-modifier that modifies the head is a prepositional phrase on the Upper East Side . There are only 5 noun phrases found in the data with this type of structure that has the function as predicative complement. In English grammar, a predicative complement is also called as subject complement because it has the characteristic of complements the subject of the clause by describing or renaming it. In the examples above, clauses 60 until 66 58 share the similarity that the noun phrases follow directly from a linking verbs such as be or other forms of it. All of the predicative complements in the example belong to predicative nominal type because all of the data taken refer to noun phrase which has the characteristic of a noun.

4. Noun Phrase as Subject in a Clause