Noun Phrase

Noun Phrase



 
Definition:
A word group with a noun or 
pronoun as its head. The noun head can be accompanied by modifiersdeterminers (such as the, a, her), and/or complements.

The Noun examples :
•Persons: girl, boy, instructor, student, Mr. Smith, Peter, president
•Animals: dog, cat, shark, hamster, fish, bear, flea
•Places: gym, store, school, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, village, Europe
•Things: computer, pen, notebook, mailbox, bush, tree, cornflakes
•Ideas: liberty, panic, attention, knowledge, compassion, worship


The Functions of Nouns in Sentences :
1.Subject of the sentence
2.Predicate Noun (also Predicate Nominative or Subjective Complement)
3. Appositive (noun in apposition)
4. Direct object of a verb
5. Indirect object of a verb
6. Object of the preposition
7. Object Complement (Objective Complement)

Kinds of noun phrases :
a. Noun + Noun, example : Office boy
b. Verb + Noun, example : Take a bath
c. Gerund + Noun, example : Throwing ball
d. Pronoun + Noun, example : My book
e. Adjective + Noun, example : Black board
f. Determiner + Noun, example : A pen

The noun phrases in English composed of 3 parts, there are :
a. Head                          : The most usual kind of head of a noun phrases.
b. Pre Modification         : Consists of a number of word classes in a specific order.
c. Post Modification        : Must commonly use not by specific word classes or subclasses.

Gerunds can also be classified as noun
For example:
  • I like dancing 
    • The word ‘dancing’ is a gerund
Phrase
  • A phrase is a group of related words that lacks both a subject and a predicate. Because it lacks a subject and a predicate it cannot act as a sentence.
Noun Phrase
  • A noun phrase consists of a pronoun or noun with any associated modifiers, including adjectives, adjective phrases, and other nouns in the possessive case. 
  • Like a noun, a noun phrase can act as a subject, as the object of a verb or verbal, as a subject or object complement, or as the object of a preposition, as in the following examples: 
    • subject
      • Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves.
  • More examples: 
    • object of a verb 
      • They have found Eugene's goal.
    • object of a preposition
      • The arctic explorers were caught unawares by the spring break up.
    • subject complement 
      • Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster. 
    • object complement 
      • I consider Loki my favorite cat.

Example 1:
Ira           : Do you like books?
Widya   : Yes, I like them.
Ira           : Do you like books over there?
Widya   : Yes, they are nice.
Ira           : Do you like the book which I brought yesterday?
Widya   : Yes, I like it.

Example 2:
- Nicko was late
( Nicko is the noun phrase functioning as the subject of the verb)

- Some noun phrase are short :
* The student
- Some are long :
* The very tall education consultant.

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