KELOMPOK 7

PHRASES
M. OFTAWENDRA
OKTAVIYANTI
MUSTAFA KEMAL

ADVERBS PHRASE
Adverb phrases (AdvP) are built around adverbs
which indicate qualities of verbs, adverbs, and
adjectives. Adverbs have qualifying function; they
themselves are (optionally) accompanied by a
degree adverb; as its name suggests, tells us to
what degree something is done. Other degree
adverbs include words like quite, too, highly, less,
more, rather, very, really, extremely, and so on.
Adverb phrases not only modify verbs, but adjectives
and a whole sentence too. A whole sentence can be
moved to different positions in the sentence without
altering the meaning or making it ungrammatical.

Sentence adverbs (modify sentence) can

appear in a range of sentence positions and
often express an attitude or evaluation.
They
include
words
like
frankly,
unfortunately, perhaps, actually, certainly.
AdvP: (deg) + Adv
Function: Adjective (A)
e.g.
The baby cries extremely loudly
S
P

ADJECTIVE PHRASE
Adjective phrase: is a unit which consists of one or
more than one word whose head is an adjective
(Thomas: 1993).
In syntax, the term adjectival phrase or adjective
phrase refers to a phrase built upon an adjective,
which functions as the head of that phrase. A word
group with anadjectiveas itshead. This adjective
may be accompanied bymodifiers,determiners,
and/orqualifiers. Adjective phrases modifynouns.
They may beattributive (appearing before the noun)
orpredicative(appearing after a linking verb), but
not all adjectives can be used in both positions.

When adjectives and adjective phrases work

to modify nouns, they form part of the noun
phrases. It is possible to modify a noun with
more than one adjective. The analysis of noun
phrases containing more than one adjective
can be quite complex.
AP: (AdvP) + Adj (AdvP) = adverb of degree
(very, so)
e.g.
Merdine is very beautiful
S
P

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
Prepositional phrase: is a unit which
consists of one or more than one word
whose head is a Preposition (Thomas:
1993).
Prepositions indicate relations in space and
time. Prepositional phrases (PP) include a
preposition (P) and a noun phrases (NP) and
can be replaced by then, there, etc. The
noun phrase in turn consists of determiner
(DET) and a noun (N).

Prepositional phrases can modify nouns, verbs,

phrases, and complete clauses. As demonstrated by
several of the examples below, prepositional
phrases can be embedded inside other prepositional
phrases. A prepositional phrase will function as an
adjective or adverb.
PP: P + (NP) or
PP: P + Object of Prepositions (noun, pronoun,
noun phrase, noun clause, gerund)
e.g.
Jacky came from Jakarta
S
P