A long journey back home
a long journey back home - NP
a - determinative/determiner
long - adjective/premodifier
journey - noun/head of the NP
back home - PP/postmodifier
back - preposition/head of the PP
home - noun/complement in the PP.
Is my analysis correct?
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anonymous Is my analysis correct? It may be in some systems of analysis, but I have to say that "back home" does not strike me at all like a preposition phrase. I'd say that both 'back' (adverb) and 'home' (noun) are adjuncts, of direction and of location respectively.
- anonymous Is my analysis correct?
- It may be in some systems of analysis, but I have to say that "back home" does not strike me at all like a preposition phrase.
- I'd say that both 'back' (adverb) and 'home' (noun) are adjuncts, of direction and of location respectively.
- I wouldn't object to calling 'home' an adverb in this context, either.
- CJ
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anonymousIs my analysis correct?
It may be in some systems of analysis, but I have to say that "back home" does not strike me at all like a preposition phrase.
I'd say that both 'back' (adverb) and 'home' (noun) are adjuncts, of direction and of location respectively.
I wouldn't object to calling 'home' an adverb in this context, either.
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