The complexity of noun phrase in online newspaper

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HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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FL3221 Syntax

Class 136717

K64

The Complexity of Noun Phrase in Online

Newspaper

By

March 2023

Full name Student code

Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh 20193480

Trần Thị Lan Anh 20193486

Nguyễn Thị Nga 20193564

Trần Chúc Nhi 20193576

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Table of Contents

I. Introduction (Nguyễn Thị Nga) 3

II. Literature Review (Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh).............................................................................................................. 4

1. Online newspaper....................................................................................................................................... 4

2. Noun phrase................................................................................................................................................ 4

3. Previous research........................................................................................................................................ 7

III. Analysis.............................................................................................................................................................. 9

1. Data (Nguyễn Thị Nga)..................................................................................................................................... 9

2. Number of NP (Nguyễn Thị Nga)...................................................................................................................... 9

3. Analysis of the complexity of NP in the quantity of DET, pre-modifiers, and post-modifiers. (Trần Chúc Nhi).. 10

3.1. The complexity in the number of DET ..................................................................................................... 10

3.2. The complexity in the number of pre-modifiers...................................................................................... 11

3.3. The complexity in the number of post-modifiers..................................................................................... 12

4. The complexity in structure of NP’s components (Trần Thị Lan Anh) .............................................................. 14

4.1 The complexity in structure of NP’s components ..................................................................................... 14

4.2 The occurrences of the NP’s complex components.................................................................................. 17

4.3. Analysis of the complexity in determiner and post-modifier.................................................................... 17

V. Implication........................................................................................................................................................ 20

V. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................ 20

VI. Limitation ........................................................................................................................................................ 20

References:........................................................................................................................................................... 22

Abbriviations ........................................................................................................................................................ 23

Appendix: A list of 15 online news......................................................................................................................... 24

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I. Introduction (Nguyễn Thị Nga)

It is human nature always to have the desire to capture information to keep up with the situation of the

world, that's why newspapers were created. And taking advantage of the development of the internet,

the emergence of online newspapers is an inevitable trend of the times, making it easier for people to

read. This type helps people update news quickly and continuously, especially accompanied by concise

and condensed information. To meet this, the authors have used noun phrase structure in the articles.

Since discovering the special relationship between noun phrase structure and online newspapers, our

research will focus on analyzing the use of noun phrase structure in online newspapers, based on articles

in different topics. thereby clarifying the complexity of noun phrases used in online articles. in the first

part of this essay, the review of literature about online newspapers and noun phrase structure will be

stated in detail. following the reviewed theoretical background, the analysis with several typical examples

was extracted from the corpus of 15 random online newspapers to discover the frequency and

complexity of applying noun phrase structure in online newspapers. Next, practical application in

mastering academic writing as well as teaching grammar through understanding and using noun phrase

structure will be clarified in the conclusion. Ultimately, those are the limitations of this study.

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II. Literature Review (Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh)

1. Online newspaper

1.1 Characteristics of online newspaper

Online newspapers are probably one of the most widely read forms of media available to people

today for informational purposes. The following are the traits of this genre, as this study

examines the use of complex noun phrases in online newspapers in depth. Since the 1970s,

online newspapers have been published (Krumsvik, 2017), and they are becoming more popular

with the strong development of the 4.0 technology revolution. According to Bell (2005), “online

readerships now outpace and outstrip offline newspapers”. Online newspapers were described

by Schoenbach (2005) as “mostly free of charge, often updated throughout the day, easily

accessible for everyone with an Internet connection; and they can be visited while working on

one's PC.”

1.2 The reason for choosing online newspapers for analysis

According to Schoenbach (2005), online newspapers can also be helpful as an “alarm medium,”

providing breaking news at a glance throughout the day (as cited in Sparks, 2000). This indicates

that a variety of topics on domestic and international issues will be covered by the online

newspaper. Due to this diversity, we anticipate that authors will use noun phrases, particularly

complex noun phrases, to diversify their articles.

2. Noun phrase

2.1 Structure of noun phrase

According to Roberts (2016), the basic form of noun phrases in English is presented below:

DET + NOM

First, it's critical to understand what the word "DET" means and how it functions in the noun

phrase. DET means determiners which are an article (a/an, the), demonstratives (this, that,

these, those), certain quantifiers (some, any, no, each…), and possessives (my, your, his, her,…).

Meanwhile, NOM means nominal and it is DET’s sister. NOM can consist just of nouns or nouns

with modifiers which are optional (Roberts, 2021).