Example2)
Their destination is unknown.
→ Noun
Where they are going is unknown.
→ Nounclause
A nounclause acts as follows.
① Subject of a verb:
→ What Billy did shocked his friends.
② Object of a verb:
→ Billy’s friends didn’t know that he
couldn’t swim.
③ Subject complement:
→ Billy’s mistake was
Adjective phrases
[ NP an [ AdjP interesting] period]
[ NP a [AdjP lengthy] [AdjP enjoyable] [AdjP interesting] period]]
→can be stacked
a brown leather old practical suitcase.
→sound quite odd.
→Semantic domain(evaluation-property-age-colour-provenance-manufacture-type)
Determinative phrases
[NP [DP These] [DP two] images] say it all.
If we’re accepted in
1. 동격의 Comma
Using the comma to separate phrases, words, or clauses in lists
a. a series of nouns
ex. The meal consisted of soup, fish, chicken, dessert and coffee.
b. a series of phrases
ex. On my birthday I went to the cinema, ate dinner in a restaurant, and went dancing.
c. a series of adjectives
ex. She was young, beautiful, kind, and intelligent.
d. a series of verbs
ex
- To-infinitivals are marked by the word to
- When a to-infinitival contains a subject,
→ it also contains the clause subordinator for.
[For John to lose his temper like that] is highly unusual.
We can’t afford [for everyone to travel business class].
SUBJECT
EXTRAPOSED SUBJECT
EXTRAPOSED OBJECT
INTERNAL COMP OF VERB
COMP OF PREPOSITION
ADJUNCT IN CLAUSE
To turn ba
Certain forms of AdjP occur right at the beginning of the NP, before the indefinite article a.
E.g.
a. [How big a box] do we need?
b. We'd select [this big a box].
a. It seemed [such a computer].
b. [What a handsome] I was.
[noun]
- virtual disaster *his almost death
[verb]
- It virtually evaporated. He almost died.
[adjective]
- It was virtually impossible. He was