Difference between revisions of "Talk:Noun Phrases in Runyankore-Rukiga"
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As you continue to develop the article with your focus of finding out the elements which modify the RR noun,or even the RR NP itself,can you consider; | As you continue to develop the article with your focus of finding out the elements which modify the RR noun,or even the RR NP itself,can you consider; | ||
| − | 1.The three components of Noun and NP modification as advocated by Greenbaum.S& Quick.R's <ref> Greenbaum.S& Quick.R.(2007:363)A Student's Grammar of the English Language.Longman,England.</ref> (2007.These include; The head,The premodification and The postmodification. | + | 1.The three components of Noun and NP modification as advocated by Greenbaum.S& Quick.R's <ref> Greenbaum.S& Quick.R.(2007:363) A Student's Grammar of the English Language.Longman,England.</ref> (2007).These include; The head,The premodification and The postmodification. |
2.In line to the above, i think it is also important to have examples of both simple RR NP like and complex RR NPS like ,as we compare their elements and even see how far the RR NP can stretch them. | 2.In line to the above, i think it is also important to have examples of both simple RR NP like and complex RR NPS like ,as we compare their elements and even see how far the RR NP can stretch them. | ||
Revision as of 03:03, 22 May 2011
Thank you for your article about Bantu noun phrases specifically on RR NP.Its good you highlighted some dependant elements which modify RR nouns as seen on your example http://typecraft.org/tc2wiki/Special:TypeCraft/Editor/1078/12866.
| Enkyende | ||
| e | n | kyende |
| IV | 9 | monkey |
| N | ||
| emwe | |
| e | mwe |
| 9 | one |
| QUANT | |
| mpango | |
| n | pango |
| 9 | big |
| ADJ | |
| erikwiragura | ||||
| e | ri | ku | iragur | a |
| 9 | REL | INF | black | FV |
| ADJ | ||||
| eriya | ||
| e | ri | ya |
| 9 | that | PART |
| DEM | ||
As you continue to develop the article with your focus of finding out the elements which modify the RR noun,or even the RR NP itself,can you consider;
1.The three components of Noun and NP modification as advocated by Greenbaum.S& Quick.R's [1] (2007).These include; The head,The premodification and The postmodification.
2.In line to the above, i think it is also important to have examples of both simple RR NP like and complex RR NPS like ,as we compare their elements and even see how far the RR NP can stretch them.
References
- ↑ Greenbaum.S& Quick.R.(2007:363) A Student's Grammar of the English Language.Longman,England.