Talk:Noun Phrases in Runyankore-Rukiga
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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 emwe mpango erikwiragura eriya
“That one big monkey which is black”
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 Sidney Greenbaum& Randolph Quick'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.- ↑ Sidney Greenbaum& Randolph Quick.(2007:363)A Student's Grammar of the English Language.Longman,England.