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NOUN PHRASE
Group members:
1. Le Thi Hoai Thanh
2. Nguyen Hanh Le
3. Tran Thi Ut Tram
4. Hoang Thi Thu Huong
5. Le Thi Thu Phuong
6. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang
Noun – Noun classes
Proper nouns
Common nouns
Count Ns Non-count Ns
car Singular
Singular
cars Plural
salt
Noun – Noun classes
Noun classes
S
2. Direct Object: Mary kicked the ball.
Od
3. Indirect Object: He gives his father a hat.
Oi
Noun Phrase
4. Subject Complement
Ex: He is a student.
S Cs
5. Object Complement:
Ex: We elected you team leader
O Co
6. Prepositional Complement
Ex: I work in this company.
PP Cpp
Basic noun phrase
Basic NP
Pre-determiners
( Central ) Determiners
Post-determiners
Pre-determiners All, Both, Half
Multipliers
Fractions
Count Non-count
SINGULAR bottle
furniture
PLURAL bottles
( Central ) Determiners
Ex:
Zero
Zero article
Some Books
Article
some, (unstressed) +
any
Any ink
(unstress
ed) (unstressed)
enough enough
( Central ) Determiners
Ex:
(3)
An/a Book
(A)n every,
each,
every
(n)either each +
ink
either
neither
( Central ) Determiners
Ex:
(4)
This Book
This, +
That
That ink
( Central ) Determiners
Ex:
(5)
Those Book
, Those +
These These
ink
( Central ) Determiners
Ex:
(6)
Much + Ink
much
Post-determiners
Cardinal numerals
Ordinal numerals
closed-system quantifiers
Opened-system quantifiers
Post-determiners
Cardinal numerals
Ordinal numerals
-In addtion to the ordinals which have a one-for-one relation with the
cardinals ( fourth~four; twentieth-twenty), we consider here items like next,
last, (an) other, additional, which resemble them grammtically and
semantically.Ordinal numerals, exept first, co-occur only with count nouns.
close-system quantifiers
Open-system quantifiers
I. Structure
Noun phrases play an important role in the construction
of a sentence.
Complex NP
Pre- Post-
+ Head noun +
modification modification
E.g.: All the 11 pupils playing football
Structure
Pre-modification Head noun Post-
modification
Modification
function status
Restrictive Permanent
Non-restrictive Temporary
Modification
Modification
Non-restrictive emphasis
Temporary
Non-restrictive Temporary
than the head
E.g.: The flowers in your garden are nice.
He visited his aunt who often lent
him money.
Modification
Modification
Modification
function
function status
• Have reference to characteristic
features Non-restrictive
Non-restrictive Permanent
• Mainly the items which are placed
in pre- Restrictive
Restrictive Temporary
Temporary
modification position
E.g.: an ugly man
the easy-going lady
Modification
Modification
to be
predicate Restrictive
Restrictive Temporary
E.g.:
A man who is timid = A timid man
A man who is afraid # An afraid man
Premodification
1. Defination
Predeterminer
Predeterminer
Determiner
Determiner
Determiner
Determiner
Adjectives
Adjectives
Post-determiner
Post-determiner
participle
participle
Adverbial
Adverbial
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
Sentence
Sentence
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
Overview
Premodification
Premodification
Predeterminer
Predeterminer
determiner
determiner Determiner
Determiner
Determiner
Determiner Post-determiner
Post-determiner
participle
participle
Adverbial
Adverbial
Sentence
Sentence
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
opinion
opinion
Premodification
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner
Adjectives
Adjectives age
age
participle
participle
shape
shape
Adverbial
Adverbial
color
color
Sentence
Sentence
origion
origion
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
purpose
purpose
opinion
opinion
Premodification
Premodification Beautiful, good
Size
Size
Determiner
Determiner
Adjectives
Adjectives age
age
participle
participle
shape
shape
Adverbial
Adverbial
Color
Color
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
origin
origin
Sentence
Sentence
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
purpose
purpose
opinion
opinion
Premodification
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner Big, small
age
age
Adjectives
Adjectives
participle
participle shape
shape
Adverbial
Adverbial Color
Color
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
origin
origin
Sentence
Sentence
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
purpose
purpose
opinion
opinion
Premodification
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner
age
age
Adjectives
Adjectives
Big, small
participle
participle shape
shape
Adverbial
Adverbial Color
Color
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
origin
origin
Sentence
Sentence
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
purpose
purpose
Premodification opinion
opinion
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner
age
age
Adjectives
Adjectives
Old, young
participle
participle shape
shape
Adverbial
Adverbial Color
Color
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
origin
origin
Sentence
Sentence
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
purpose
purpose
Premodification opinion
opinion
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner
age
age
Adjectives
Adjectives
participle
participle shape
shape
Square, round
Adverbial
Adverbial Color
Color
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
origin
origin
Sentence
Sentence
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
purpose
purpose
opinion
opinion
Premodification
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner
age
age
Adjectives
Adjectives
participle
participle Shape
Shape
Adverbial
Adverbial Color
Color
Blue, red…
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
origin
origin
Sentence
Sentence
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
purpose
purpose
opinion
opinion
Premodification
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner
age
age
Adjectives
Adjectives
participle
participle Shape
Shape
Adverbial
Adverbial Color
Color
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
origin
origin
Sentence
Sentence English, chinese
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
purpose
purpose
Premodification opinion
opinion
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner
age
age
Adjectives
Adjectives
participle
participle Shape
Shape
Adverbial
Adverbial Color
Color
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
orifin
orifin
Sentence
Sentence
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation metal.,
purpose
purpose
opinion
opinion
Premodification
Premodification
size
size
Determiner
Determiner
age
age
Adjectives
Adjectives
participle
participle Shape
Shape
Adverbial
Adverbial Color
Color
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
orifin
orifin
Sentence
Sentence
material
material
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation metal.,
material
material
The adjective order
article opinion size age shape color origin material purpose noun
attributive only
adjectives which
cannot pre-modify faint, ill, well,
the head, but can be able, afraid,etc.
predicative
Premodification by participle
Premodification
Premodification
Determiner
Determiner
adjective
adjective -ing
-ing
participle
participle
Adverbial
Adverbial -ed
-ed
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
Sentence
Sentence
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
Premodification by participle
Determiner
Determiner
adjective
adjective
participle
participle
adverbial
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
Sentence
Sentence
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
Adverbial modifiers
Determiner
Determiner
adjective
adjective
participle
participle
adverbial
adverbial
Noun modifier
Sentence
Sentence
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
Noun modifiers
“a children book”
“a children book” means a book for children
the city council, the love story…
Or I bought a new computer game
Determiner
Determiner
adjective
adjective
participle
participle
adverbial
adverbial
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
sentence
Multiple
Multiple premodifi-cation
premodifi-cation
Sentence modifiers
Determiner
Determiner
adjective
adjective
participle
participle
adverbial
adverbial
Noun
Noun modifier
modifier
Sentence
Sentence
Multiple premodifi-cation
Multiple premodifi-cation
Premodifiers head noun
Predet det postdet gen age col shape… -ing/-ed adj noun
Relative clause
Ex : the girl who is playing in the ground is my
daughter.
Nonfinite clause
Ex : the girl playing in the ground is my daughter.
Prepositional phrase/adverb
Ex : she loves the monitor in your class.
Relative clause
Determiner head post modifiers
The man who told you the secret.
Finite clause
The girl speaking English fluently
Nonfinite clause
A book with the white cover
Prepositional phrase
The road back
Adverb
Relative clause