Of-PP

Yeonsol Kim

April 13, 2026

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1. Functioning in an NP

1. attribute
2. carrier
3. origin
4. the whole it belongs to
5. content, domain
6. possessor
7. cause
8. composition (조성, 구성 성분)
9. the time it belongs to
10. producer
11. apposition
12. relative

Examples.

1. a man of courage
2. the color of the sky
3. a man of noble birth
4. the handle of this spot (physical whole)
   skeletons of whales (anatomical whole)
   the innermost depths of the human soul (spatial whole; metaphor)
5. the problem of the low birth rate
   the way of life
   the world of individual emotions
   by an effort of memory (memory에 관한 effort)
6. the assets of a nation
7. the shock of the news
8. a wall of stone
   a morass of complicated mathematical equations
9. the winter of 1924–1925
10. the works of Shakespeare
11. the city of Rome
12. the brother of john

2. Functioning in a VP

1. origin
2. ingredient

Examples.

1. He was born of a wealthy family.
2. That house is made of brick.

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