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 16793 ,as we compare their elements and even see how far the RR NP can stretch them.