Pre-modifier + Head + Post-modifier The Types of Noun Phrases
45
40
An
+
appalling
+
lack
+
of coordination
page 204
I art Pres Part H PP Present participle appalling in noun phrase 40 is the pre-modifier of the
phrase. For the determiner itself, this structure type uses indefinite article
an
to modify the head
lack
. The post-modifier of noun phrase 40 is the use of prepositional phrase
of coordination
.
7. Pre-modifier + Head + Post-modifier
This is the last type of structure found in the utterances of Jace Wayland in the novel. It also has the least number of occurrence compared to the other noun
phrase structure types in the description above. According to the data collected in this analysis, there are only 11 noun phrases found in the utterances with 1.6
percentage of occurrence. The common pre-modifiers to occur in this type of structure are adjective, noun, and present participle. On the other hand, the post-
modifiers that commonly occur in this type of structure are prepositional phrase, finite clause and nonfinite clause. The examples of this structure type are as follow.
41
Ravener
+
poison
+
coursing through your veins
page 37 N H NF Clause
Noun phrase 41 uses a noun as the pre-modifier and nonfinite clause as the pot-modifier. The word
Ravener
is a proper noun and used as the pre-modifier in order to modify the head of the noun phrase which is a singular noun
poison
. It can be seen also that this structure type uses nonfinite clause
coursing through your veins
as the post-modifier. The present participle coursing indicates the nonfinite clause the followed by prepositional phrase
through your veins
. After the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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preposition
through
there is also another noun phrase such as
your veins
that is also acceptable in the structure composition in a complex noun phrase.
42
Strange
+
changes
+
on the infected
page 68 Adj H PP
Adjectives are commonly found as the pre-modifier of the noun phrase. In this case, noun phrase 42 also used the adjective
strange
to modify the noun phrase head that is a plural noun
changes
. As for the post modification, this structure type uses prepositional phrase
on the infected
with the indication of preposition
on
followed by noun phrase
the infected
. 43
Other
+
living
+
worlds
+
like ours
page 112 Adj Pres Part H PP
Noun phrase 43 has two pre-modifier such as an adjective
other
and a present participle
living
to modify the head of the phrase
worlds
. The preposition
like
indicates the use of prepositional phrase
like ours
as the post-modifier. 44
Small
+
demon
+
invasions
+
into this world
page 112 Adj N H PP
Noun phrase 44 has two different kind of pre-modifier such as adjective and noun to modify the noun head
invasions
. The adjective small and the noun demon are the pre-modifier of this structure type. As for the post-modifier, noun
phrase 45 uses prepositional
into this world
indicated by the preposition
into
then followed by another noun phrase
this world
. 45
Many
+
warlocks
+
named Magnus
page 125 Adj H NF Clause
Noun phrase 45 is almost similar with noun phrase 42, the distinct feature of this type of structure is that it uses nonfinite clause
named Magnus
as the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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post-modifier instead of prepositional phrase as in noun phrase 42. The adjective word many is used as the pre-modifier to modify the head of the noun phrase that
is a plural noun
warlocks
. The word
many
can be used both as an adjective or determiner as they are related in such a way that they modify a noun or noun phrase.
The only distinction of both feature is the function itself. As and adjective, it modifies the noun in order to provide further details of it while as a determiner, it
introduce or identify the referent or the noun.