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NP postmodification (2)

NP postmodification (2). NP postmodification (2). Prepositional (e.g. the house on the corner , a new album by a top musician ) Other “minor” types of postmodification (e.g. the best hotel available ; the flat upstairs ). Prepositional phrase. The commonest type of postmodification

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NP postmodification (2)

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  1. NP postmodification (2)

  2. NP postmodification (2) • Prepositional (e.g. the house on the corner, a new album by a top musician) • Other “minor” types of postmodification (e.g. the best hotel available; the flat upstairs)

  3. Prepositional phrase • The commonest type of postmodification E.g. a policeman on a motor-cycle; a new album by a top musician (restrictive) The departure time, at 5 a.m., was uncomfortably early.

  4. “Minor” types • Adverb phrases (e.g. the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday) • Posposed adjectives (e.g. Something bad is going on; Robert, ever meet anybody special on your assignments?; the stunning 17th-century hotel particulier; Hotel Grand ) • Postposed “mode” qualifiers: French model (an idealized foreign courtyard a la Disney)

  5. Appositive E.g. our son Barney; the explorer Marco Polo (restrictive) our youngest son, Barney; Marco Polo, the explorer (non-restrictive)

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