Talk:Noun Phrases in Runyankore-Rukiga

Thank you for your article about Bantu noun phrases especially as you specifically focus on RR NP.Its good you highlighted some dependant elements which modify RR nouns as seen from your example, http://typecraft.org/tc2wiki/Special:TypeCraft/Editor/1078/12865

As you continue to develop the article with your focus of finding out and comparing the elements which modify RR nouns,or even RR NPs themselves,can we put the following in consideration;

1.Structual Elements

The three components of Noun and NP modification as advocated by Greenbaum.S& Quick.R's (2007), which i think apply to RR since it is also an SVO word order language.These include; The Head of the NP,Its premodification, and Postmodification.

In line to the above, i think it is important to have examples of both simple RR NPs like

Enkyende emwe

“One monkey”

Enkyende
e	n	kyende
IV	9	monkey
N

emwe
e	mwe
9	one
QUANT

and complex RR NPS like

Buri ibara kitabo kyona ekyangye ekihango munonga

“Every book of mine that is very big”

Buri

buri

every

QUANT

ibara

ibara

every

QUANT

kitabo

book7

N

kyona
ki	ona
7	all
QUANT

ekyangye
e	ky	angye
DEF	7	mine
PNposs

ekihango
e	ki	hango
DEF	7	big
ADJ

munonga

munonga

very

ADVm

. and

omukazi muraingwa ogwo oyemereire omushonda y'enju owaanyiiga ahabwokuba waasheka n'omwishiki muhango mugufu oshutami aha kitebe ekyo ekikuzire

“That tall woman standing in the corner of the house who has become angry because you have laughed with the short big girl seated on that old stool”

omukazi
o	mu	kazi
IV	1	woman
N

muraingwa
mu	raingwa
1	tall
ADJ

ogwo
o	gw	o
IV	1AGR	thatMEDIAL
DEM

oyemereire
o	yemere	ire
2SG	stand	PROG
V

omu

omu

PREP

nshonda
n	shonda
9	corner
N

ya

ya

PNposs

enju
e	n	ju
IV	9	house
N

owaanyiiga
owa	a	nyiig	a
whoREL	PASTim	become-angry	IND
REL

ahabwokuba

ahabwokuba

because

CONJ

waasheka
wa	a	shek	a
2SG	PASTim	laugh	IND
V

na

na

CONJ

omwishiki
o	mu	ishiki
IV	1	girl
N

muhango
mu	hango
1	big
ADJ

mugufu
mu	gufu
1	short
ADJ

oshutami
o	shutam	i
2SG	sit
V

aha

aha

on

PREP

kitebe
ki	tebe
7	stool
N

ekyo
e	ki	o
IV	7	that
DEM

ekikuzire
e	ki	kuz	ire
7	3SG	old	STAT
V

The above can help us to compare elements which modify RR NP and even gauge how far these elements may strech in modifying the RR NP.

2.Semantic implications

As you go on to find the possible semantic implications of shifting positions of elements within RR NP, bear in mind that some NP may involve incompatible semantic features, therefore this is likely to limit the supposedly multiple meaning a NP may attract. Rugemalira J. M. (2007), has it that Semantic considerations may indicate that two elements cannot co-occur. According to Rugemalira J. M.(2007:325),because of semantic restrictions on the co-occurrence of the elements of the noun phrase, it is reasonable to argue that it is not possible to expand the phrase indefinitely since the restrictions have a cumulative effect