NOUN PHRASE AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

DIAH AYU DEWI UTARI (2215101194) FELICIA ALVIONITA (2215102130) IKA JUNIASTUTI (2215101203)

Lexical categories and Phrasal categories

Lexical Categories : classes to which individual words belong. Phrasal Categories: a set of constituent that behave the same, or share the same function and distribution.

Phrasal categories
-noun phrase -verb phrase -adjective phrase -adverbial phrase -prepositional phrase
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Noun Phrase

1. A noun alone : plural noun (Npl) -> dogs , children proper noun (Npr)-> John, Marry pronouns (PRO) -> he, she ,we a noun refering to substance -> water,air,clay 2. A noun plus other words : DET + N -> the room an apple DET+ (ADJ+) + noun -> a beautiful day

A Noun phrase can be formed from a noun alone or a noun plus other words.

NP + PP

-> my uncle from France

(NP+)+Conj+NP -> my brother and I DET + Nm -> the loneliness DET + Npl -> the children, the dogs DET + N + PP -> the book about the war

The Function of Noun Phrase

1. Subject

The girl likes ice cream.

2. Direct object Handoko likes the girl. 3. Indirect object The boy gave the girl a flower.

Prepositional Phrase
A prepositional phrase can be formed from preposition plus a noun phrase. Prepositition + NP -> in the garden with his dog to the market Deg + Preposition + NP -> almost in the house

Exercise I
Indentify the phrasal category of the underlined constituent in the following sentences: 1. We were in Bali at that time. 2. Over the holidays I will be traveling to France. 3. The building across the street is oxley hall. 4. The twins and their mother got sick from eating the eggs. 5. My cousin from Semarangs ring is found in the pool.

Exercise II
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Indentify and underline the words that are considered as noun phrase or prepositional phrase I am standing out of my window. The raindrops are falling on the roof tops. We are laughing together at the top. i roll out the bed in the morning. A whole new world is seen by me from the fantastic point of view.