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THUONG MAI UNIVERSITY ENGLISH FACULTY - - DICUSSION Subject: Advanced Grammar Topic: Functions and structure of a noun phrase, types of nouns phrase Group Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hạnh Hà Nội 04/2021 _Appendix Content Page number Table tasks I Definition of Noun Definition Classification Grammatical Categories of Nouns II The Functions of Noun phrases III The structure of noun phrases Pre-modifiers Head Noun Post-modifiers IV Types of NPs 17 1.Basic NP 1.1 Pre-determiners 1.2 Determiners 1.3 Post-determiners The complex noun phrase 2.1 Head noun 2.2 Pre-modifiers Conclusion V-Reference and the article: 29 Reference The article ST T NAME CONTENT Hoàng Thanh Hà An (Leader) Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nhung Word synthesisEvaluate, members' progress Do sub-questions remind other Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thương Definition of Noun,NP; functions and structure of Noun Phrase Do excersise part I Do sub-question Definnition of Noun, NP; Functions and structure of NP Do sub-question Mạc Đăng Dương Compex NP Do sub – question Phạm Thị Hà Types of Noun Phrases - Basic NP Do sub-question Do exercise part II Ngô Thị Thoa Reference and the article Do sub-question SCORE Nguyễn Thủy Do powerpoint Tiên Do sub-question I Definition of Noun Definition - Nouns is a word used to name something, such as person, animal, abstract concept, thing  For example: - Person: Marry, John, Bill Gates - Animal: Bird, fish, turtle - Abstract concept: Language, culture, education - Thing: Computer, book, bag A noun can be categorized as either a common noun or a proper noun Classification 2.1 Common nouns is a word for person, place, or thing It is the word that appears in the dictionary For example: City, dog, home, person Common noun can be divided into four subtypes: - Concrete nouns A concrete noun is the exact opposite of an abstract noun It refers to the things we see and have physical existence Ex: Chair, doll, money - Abstract nouns An abstract noun is a word for something that cannot be seen but is there It has no physical existence Generally, it refers to ideas, qualities, and conditions Ex: Truth, lies, happiness - Countable nouns The nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns Countable nouns can take an article: a, an, the Ex: Ball, book, pen (you can say pen, pens,…) - Uncountable nouns The nouns that cannot be counted are called noncountable nouns Ex: Water, sugar, oil 2.2 Proper nouns is a specific name of a person, place, or thing It's likely to be a personal name or a title For example: Tokyo, Trump,… Grammatical Categories of Nouns - The various kinds of grammatical categories include the following: Number, Case, Gender 3.1 Number - The category NUMBER merely indicates the numerable property (singularity or plurality) It falls into two classes: Invariables and Variables number - Invariables number is nouns that not vary Concrete non-count nouns: oil, information Singular invariables Invariable s Abstract non-count dependence nouns: sadness, Proper nouns: Marry Some nouns ending in -s: means, gallows Abstract adjectival heads: the happy Plural invariables Summation plurals/ dual object plurals: shorts, bags, glasses Other pluralia tantum in -s: arms, goods, holidays Some plural proper nouns: the East Indies, the Netherlands Unmarked plural nouns: nation, Personal adjectival heads: the rich Document continues below Discover more from: Kỹ Năng Viết 2240ENPR6511 Trường Đại học… 7 documents Go to course 09 - Đào Linh Chi 2240ENPR6511 Kỹ Năng Viết 01 -BCTT CÁ NHÂN 3jdhi3jfo Kỹ Năng Viết None N3 Kỹ viết ĐH 2022 - Tài liệu tham… Kỹ Năng Viết None Does tech make us more alone Kỹ Năng Viết None None Mẫu hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Kỹ Năng Viết None BMN3 - Đề thi mẫu đề luyện Kỹ Năng Viết - Variables number is nouns that vary Regular plurals Ex: Chair -> Chairs Voicing: Wife -> Wives Variable Mutation: foot -> feet Man -> men Irregular plurals -en plural: Child -> Children Zero plural: Fish -> fish Foreign: Appendix -> appendices 3.2 Case - Case is a grammatical category which shows relation of the noun with other words in a sentence The main meaning of the genitive case is that of possession - Genitive case consists of types: “s” genitive, “of” genitive, “double” genitive +“s” genitive: The s-genitive is used to express a possessive relation between two objects For example: "This is my friend’s book" ( expresses the idea that a book belongs to your friend.) “ The children’s toys ‘’ (expresses the idea that toys belong to children ) None +“of” genitive a) The genitive with of is usually used with inanimate nouns: e.g the leg of the table, the bank of the river In some constructions of this type it is possible to use such expressions e.g town walls, church tower, where "the possessor" noun functions as an adjective b) The of construction is also found with animate nouns if they are postmodified by a phrase or relative clause: e.g What is the name of the guest in the long white dress? What is the name of the guest who came first ? + Double genitive The double genitive is formed by combining an of- genitive with an -s genitive: e.g a friend of Tom's this book of my brother's A double genitive construction must begin with a, this, that, these, those whereas it cannot start with the definite article the or with the proper noun On the contrary, the noun with the -s genitive must be both definite and personal 3.3 Gender - Gender is a category of noun A noun can have a masculine gender, a feminine gender, or a neuter gender - For example: · man (masculine gender) · woman (feminine gender) · house (neuter gender) · chicken (neuter gender – if we don't know if it’s a rooster or a hen) II The Functions of Noun phrases - A noun phrase consists of a pronoun or noun and any associated modifiers, including adjectives, adjective phrases, adjective clauses and other nouns in the possessive case - Like any noun, a noun phrase may act as a subject, the object of a verb or verbal, a subject complement or object complement, or the object of a preposition, as in the following examples: Subject Small children often insist that they can things by themselves The spotted puppy is up for adoption Object of a verb To type quickly and accurately is Eugene’s goal I want a cute puppy for Christmas Object of a preposition The Arctic explorers were caught unawares by the spring breakup Mary lives in an eclectic household Subject complement Frankenstein is the name of the scientist, not the monster She was the devil in disguise Object complement I consider Loki my favorite cat The committee elected James president III The structure of noun phrases - Definition of Noun phrase: The NP is typically constructed by either a noun or a pronoun as the head and other constituents as modifiers Pre-modifiers + Head + Post-modifiers As we can see a noun phrase consists of three parts: pre-modification, head, post-modification In a noun phrase, the head is obligatory but the Premodification and the Post-modification are optional As their names have suggested, the function of the pre- modification and post-modification is to elaborate or limit the head noun’s meaning Pre-modifiers noun phrases can also include: + determiners: Those houses are very expensive + quantifiers: I've lived in a lot of houses + numbers: My brother owns two houses + adjectives: I love old houses These parts of the noun phrase are called premodifiers because they go before the noun We use pre-modifiers in this order: