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. 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 the three components of Noun and NP modification as advocated by Sidney Greenbaum& Randolph Quick(2007:363)A Student's Grammar of the English Language.These include; The head,The premodification and The postmodification.
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 | ||