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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
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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
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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
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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