An Analysis of Noun Phrases in Motorcycle Brochures
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The main objective of this study is to analyze the use of noun phrase and identify noun phrases that are frequently used. The present study applied the theory of Greenbaum, S & Nelson, G (2002) which divides the structures into seven types: determiner + noun, pre-modifier + noun, determiner + pre-modifier + noun, noun + post-modifier, determiner + noun + post-modifier, pre-modifier + noun + post-modifier, and determiner + pre-modifier + noun + post-modifier. Since all of the data are in a form of a descriptive text, method of textual analysis applied to analyze the data. The result of the study showed there were 796 noun phrases found from 10 brochures and 2 additional descriptions and they were classified into determiner + noun (19%), pre-modifier + noun (29%), determiner + pre-modifier + noun (47%), noun + post-modifier (1%), determiner + noun + post-modifier (0,88%), pre-modifier + noun + post-modifier (0,75%), determiner + pre-modifier + noun + post-modifier (0,25%). The final result show that the most frequently noun phrase used is the category 3 with structure determiner + pre-modifier + noun (47%), and the second one is the category 2 with structure pre-modifier + noun (29%).
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