UNFOLDING THE MEANING OF ENGLISH
NOUN PHRASE STRUCTURE WITH REFERENCE TO
MARYA HOLCOMBE'S THE BEST LETTER BOOK EVER
DWI ADITYA DARMAWAN 1201305023
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ARTS
UDAYANA UNIVERSITY
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to thank to God the Almighty, Ida Sang Hyang
Widhi Wasa for His blessing and grace, this undergraduate thesis could be
completed. I owe important thanks to the following: Prof. Dr. Ni Luh Sutjiati
Beratha, M.A., the Dean of Faculty of Arts, Udayana University; Dr. Dra. Ida
Ayu Made Puspani, M.Hum, the head of English Department; and all lectures and
staff in English Department. My greatest thanks are expressed to my first
supervisor Dr. I Nyoman Sedeng, M. Hum. for his encouragements, insights, and
advices, as well as Dr. Dra. Ni Wayan Sukarini, M.Hum. as the second supervisor
for his comments and suggestions.
Moreover, my best gratitude is dedicated to my beloved parents Ir. I
Wayan Purna and Gusti Ayu Suryani Wijayaningsih and I thank them for the
laugh, caring, emotional, and financial supports to make me stand stronger. My
appreciation also goes to Cahya, Wahyu, my best MAHASISWA MOKSA
(Ayuglen, Meldy, Ogek, Widhya, Arif, Indra, Dody, Aldi, Nita, Juni, Bintang),
Desy Behel, Ray, Elis, and Vita; thanks for being extraordinarily good friends.
Also, I thank all my acquaintances in Udayana Univresity for the experience. I
also thank my friends and people I couldn't mention the name one by one. This
paper contains study about NP structures; hopefully this can be useful.
Denpasar, August 2016
ABSTRACT
The undergraduate thesis entitled Unfolding Meaning of English Noun Phrase Structure With Reference to Marya Holcombe's The Best Letter Book Ever
attempted to analyze types of NP structure, syntactic structure, and semantic structure. This study aimed to reveal deverbal nouns into its clause structure based on its H as the core found in the book.
The types of NP were analyzed by applying theory of Noun Phrase Structure proposed by Quirk et al. (1985) supported by Verb to Noun Derivational Suffix theory by Carstairs-McCarthy (2002) to categorize the NP and the theory of Phrase Structure Rule proposed by Wekker and Haegeman (1985) to present the tree diagram. Larson's Form and Meaning theory (1998) was applied to uncover the clause structure together with Semantic Sepresentation theory proposed by Van Valin & LaPolla (1997) which were applied to identify and explain the clause structure to convey the meaning.
The analysis identified the three NP modifications were found in the data. There were Post-m, Multi-m, and Pre-m in which the tree diagram structure was drawn based on each representative category, identifying the head of the NP. The representative NP structures were unfolded and two types of states of affairs
processes and actions, four participant roles of semantic roles agent, theme,
recipient, and patient, also three lexical entries in form of activity, achievement,
and accomplishment were found and the meanings of the identified data were
obtained.
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1.3.1 General Objectives ... 3
1.3.2 Specific Objectives ... 3
1.4 Scope of Discussion... 3
1.5 Research Method ... 3
1.5.1 Data Source... 4
1.5.2 Method and Technique of Collecting Data ... 4
1.5.3 Method and Technique of Analyzing Data ... 4
1.5.4 Method and Technique of Presenting the Analyzed Data ... 5
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW, CONCEPT, AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ... 6
2.1 Literature Review ... 6
2.2 Concept ... 10
2.2.1 Noun Phrase ... 10
2.2.2 Verb to Noun Derivational Suffix ... 11
2.2.4 Lexical and Syntactical Forms ... 12
2.2.5 Semantics ... 14
2.2.6 Shifting ... 15
2.3 Theoretical Framework ... 15
2.3.1 Types of Noun Phrase Structures ... 15
2.3.1.1 Postmodification ... 15
2.3.1.2 Premodification ... 16
2.3.1.3 Multimodification ... 16
2.3.2 Unfolding the Meaning of Noun Phrase Structures .... 16
2.3.2.1 Form and Meaning ... 16
2.3.2.2 Semantic Representation ... 17
CHAPTER III UNFOLDING THE MEANING OF ENGLISH NOUN PHRASE STRUCTURE WITH REFERENCE TO MARYA HOLCOMBE'S THE BEST LETTER BOOK EVER ... 21
3.1 Introduction ... 21
3.2 Types of Noun Phrase Structures ... 21
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3.3 Unfolding the Meaning of Noun Phrase Structures ... 38
3.3.1 Derivational Suffix –al ... 38
3.3.2 Derivational Suffix –ance ... 40
3.3.3 Derivational Suffix –ence ... 42
3.3.4 Derivational Suffix –ation ... 44
3.3.5 Derivational Suffix –tion ... 47
3.3.6 Derivational Suffix –ion ... 48
3.3.7 Derivational Suffix –ment ... 50
3.3.8 Derivational Suffix –ing ... 52
CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION ... 55
ABBREVRIATION
Adj : Adjective
AdjP : Adjective Phrase
Adv : Adverb
AdvP : Adverb Phrase
Det : Determiner
GF : Grammatical Function
H : Head
Mod : Modifier
Multi-m :Multimodification
N : Noun
NP : Noun Phrase
Post-m : Postmodification
Pre-m : Premodification
PP : Prepositional Phrase
Spec : Specifier
V : Verb
