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 on your example;tp://typecraft.org/TCEditor/1078/12865/

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; a) The head, b) The premodification c) 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

. or

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 their elements and even see how far the RR NP can stretch.

on 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