Materi Tentang Adjective Clause

A.    Definition Adjective Clause

Ø  Betty (1993:238): An adjective clause or a relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun. It describes, identifies, or gives further information about a noun.

Ø  Kroeger (2005:230): a relative clause as a clause which modifies the head noun within a noun phrase.

Ø  Miller (2002:65): relative clause are called adjective clause, reflecting the fact that adjectives also modify nouns.

Ø  Swan (2000:487): Clauses beginning with question words (e.g who, which, where) are often used to modify noun and some pronouns to identify people and things, or to give information about them. Clauses used like this are called relative clauses.

B.     The Different of Adjective and Adjective Clause (Betty S. Azar)

ADJECTIVES	ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
An adjective modifies a noun. “modify” means to change a little. An adjective gives a little different meaning to a noun. It describes or gives information about a noun.	An adjective clause modifies a noun. It describes or gives information about a noun. An adjective clause is a dependent clause.
An adjective usually comes in front of a noun.	An adjective clause follows a noun.

C.    Types of adjective clause

a.       (MARCELLA FRANK)

v  Relative pronoun

            à person ; who (whom or whose),  or that

            à thing ; which, that.

v  Relative adverb

            à place ; where

            à time ; when

            à reason ; why.

b.      Why (Marcella Frank)

The function of why same with subordinate conjunction (reason). 

v  Give me one good reason. You did that.

      à Give me one good reason why you did that.

c.       Who and Whom (Betty S. Azar)

Who is usually used instead of whom, especially in speaking. Whom is more formal than who. Who is used to replace noun as a subject. Whom is used to replace noun as an object.

Example:

v  I thanked the woman. She helped me.

      à I thanked the woman who helped me.

v  The man was Mr. John. I saw him.

      à The man who(m) I saw was Mr. John.

d.      Whose (Betty S. Azar)

Whose is used to show possession. It carries the same meaning as other possessive pronouns used as adjectives: his, her, its, and their. Whose usually modifies “people” but it may also be used to modify “things”.

Example:

v  I know the man. His bicycle was stolen.

      à I know the man whose bicycle was stolen.

v  The student writes well. I read her composition.

      à The student whose composition I read writes well.

v  Mr. Catt has a painting. Its value is inestimable.

      à Mr. Catt has a painting whose value is inestimable.

e.       That (Betty S. Azar)

That is used for both people and things

v  The movie wasn’t very good. We saw it last night.

      à The movie that we saw last night wasn’t very good.

f.        Which (Betty S. Azar)

Which is used for thing.

v  The book is mine. It is on the table.

      à The book which is on the table is mine.

v  The movie wasn’t very good. We saw it last night.

      à The movie which we saw last night wasn’t very good.

g.      When (Betty S. Azar)

When is used in an adjective clause to modify a noun of time (year, day, time, etc). The use of a preposition in an adjective clause that modifies a noun of time is somewhat different from that in other adjective clauses. A preposition is used preceding which. Otherwise the preposition is omitted.

Example:

v  I’ll never forget the day. I met you then (on that day).

      à I’ll never forget the day when I met you.

D.    Note

NOTE :

      Who, whom = are used for people

      Whose = is used for possessive.

      Which  = is used for things.

      That = is used for both people and things

      When = to replace time.

      Where = to replace place.

      Why = to replace reason.