Book review: Noun Phrases A set of comprehensive facts and some theoretical tendencies by Dr. Jumanto

Noun Phrases

"A set of comprehensive facts and some theoretical tendencies"

Title: Noun Phrases "A set of comprehensive facts and some theoretical tendencies"

Author: Dr. Jumanto

Year of publication: 2008

City : Semarang

Publisher: WorldPro Publishing

Number of pages: 119 pages

Introduction

The book entitled Noun Phrase by Dr.Jumanto is a book contains the description of English and Indonesian noun phrases and of how the two differ from each other, the content of which is based on the results of contrastive analysis between the NPs of the two languages.

The book is intended to be some supplementary material for classes of General Linguistics, Syntax, Structure, and Translation at language colleges.

The purpose

The purpose of the book is the readers are able to understand, analyze the use of, the principles in, the differences between English and Indonesian NPs, and how they are formed and applied in linguistics study.

Whom this book is for?

This book is very beneficial to be used by:

• College students learning English, especially those in the classes of General Linguistics, Syntax, Structure, and Translation at language colleges.
• English teachers of high schools, especially those in need of clear description of English NPs.
• Authors, especially those who are writing English text-books.
• English native speakers who are trying to learn Bahasa Indonesia.
• Linguists

 Content

Part 1 English and Indonesian Noun Phrase

• Chapter 1 – Introduction
• Chapter 2 – English Noun Phrases
• Chapter 3 – Indonesian Noun Phrases
• Chapter 4 – English and Indonesian Noun Phrases

Part 2 A test of Comprehensive Facts and Theoretical Tendencies

• Chapter 5 – A set of comprehensive facts
• Chapter 6 – Theoretical Tendencies

Evaluation

• Understandable

The book simplifies our understanding about English and Indonesian noun phrases. There are no such difficult words that can be found in this book. The book also provides a brief explanation about NPs

• Complete

This book provides so many examples and details of NPs. Begin with the function of NPs in a sentence, the structure of NPs, and the kinds of NPs.

• Informative

It contains knowledge and insight in understanding English (Indonesian as well), especially the formation of the noun phrases.

Interpretation

1. The writer in this book uses academic and scientific style.
2. The materials are delivered not only in English (96%) but also in Indonesian (4%).
3. The writer explains the materials by giving theories and comparing the applied examples in both languages. This is meant to enable the readers to understand the content quicker and well.
4. The writer provides the content with a lot of examples and details, by visualizing words, phrases, clauses, and sentences comparison. Each of the details is explained in many forms such as table, diagram, etc.

Summary

The book explains about the differences between English and Indonesian NPs. For example, It is stated that the differences between English and Indonesian NPs are in their structures. In English NPs, the modifier precedes the head. Whereas in Indonesian NPs, the head usually precedes the modifier.

Example: English NP – beautiful house

         Indonesian NP – rumah indah

The author even provide some suggestions for English teachers in learning those phrases.

In the second chapter, the author provides an explanation of standard, creative, and elliptical NPs.

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