OUTLINE

A STUDY OF POSTMODIFIERS OF NOUN PHRASES USED IN THE ARTICLE

“HOW SOME VACCINES PROTECT AGAINST MORE THAN THEIR TARGETS”
(THESCIENTIST-2020)

TABLE CONTENT
ABSTRACT
- This study focuses on postmodifiers of noun phrases in the article “How some vaccines protect
against more than their targets” (TheScientist-2020)
- This study aims to find and explain the types of postmodifiers and their syntactic features (Using
the theory of type of postmodifiers proposed in Longman’s “A comprehensive grammar of the
English language)
- This study employs qualitative design as the research design.
- Content analysis is applied to obtain the data in which the writer becomes the key instrument of
the study.
- List the findings.....
INTRODUCTION
- Overview of noun phrase and noun modification
- The variations of noun phrase structure
- The important role of postmodifier of noun phrase in lexical term
- Introduce the sample text

LITTERATURE REVIEW
- Review some basic concepts and their definitions
 Noun phrases
 The modification of noun phrase
 Postmodifier of noun phrase
 Postmodification by finite clause (relative clauses and appositive clause)
 Postmodification by non-finite clause (-ing participle clause, -ed participle clause,
infinitive clause)
 Postmodification by prepositional phrase
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
- Using table (or chart) to display the data
- The data is classified into types of postmodifiers (finite, non-finite, prepositional phrase)
- Analyse each postmodifiers and discuss on their syntactic meaning and function in the whole
structure
IMPLICATION
CONCLUSION

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