Talk:Noun Phrases in Runyankore-Rukiga

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 Greenbaum.S& Quick.R's (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

Enkyende emwe

“One monkey”

Enkyende
e	n	kyende
IV	9	monkey
N

emwe
e	mwe
9	one
QUANT

and complex RR NPS like

Enkyende emwe mpango eriya hari erikwiragura munonga niyo egyo ei

“That one big monkey over there, which is very black is the real one which”

Enkyende
e	n	kyende
IV	9	monkey
N

emwe
e	mwe
9	one
QUANT

mpango
n	pango
9	big
ADJ

eriya
e	ri	ya
9	that	PART
DEM

hari

hari

erikwiragura
e	ri	ku	iragur	a
9	REL	INF	black	FV
ADJ

munonga

munonga

very

ADJ

niyo
ni	yo
REL	9
REL

egyo
e	gyo
9	that
DET

ei
e	i
9	which
REL

 ,as we compare their elements and even see how far the RR NP can stretch them.