| |
|
|
 i p 1
k z v2
|
‘beautiful2 flower1’ |
mz 1
pru kt 
|
‘the2 table1
that broke2’ |
tf 1  2
mk kw3
|
‘the3 dog1
that bit3 me2’ |
| tf1
kni2
|
‘two2 dogs1’ |
ip1
hu 2
|
‘some2 flowers1’ |
thnny 1
lk2
|
‘those2 girls1’ |
thmi 1-2
|
‘the2 man1’ |
pr 1
kt 2
kkr3
|
‘many black2 birds1’ |
s  1
kpj2
s3
|
‘three green2 leaves1’ |
 k1
sk2
|
‘we (incl.pl.)1 three2’ |
hik1
pt -k2
|
‘we (exl.pl.)1 all2’ |
|
| |
| more than
one attribute may be present at the same time. The co-occurrence
of attributes has the following restrictions : |
| |
| The article
does not occur when there is a numeral or a quantifier. A prhase
in which the article is an attribute, is aprtially closed. Only
an adjective can occur in such phrases. |
| |
| lsd1-2
|
‘the2 book1’ |
| lsd1
kv2-3
|
‘the good2 book1’ |
|
| |
| When the
head noun is modified by an adjective, the gender marker, the
dual number marker or the diminutive marker is added to the
adjective. The plural marker may be added either to the numeral,
the adjective or to the quantifier pt
‘all’. |
| |
| An
Attributive noun phrase in which the attribute precedes the head
noun is invariably a genitival phrase. This is composed of a
head noun preceded by a noun-substantive or pronoun in genitive
relationship with the head noun. |
| |
| ny
|
‘son’ |
 1
ny2
|
‘your1 son2’ |
| rn
|
‘village’ |
| 1
rn2
|
‘our1 village2’ |
| k
|
‘house’ |
|
1
k2
|
‘your1 house2’ |
| bh1
k2
|
‘Belho’s1 house2’ |
| lsk
|
‘school’ |
| hik1
lsk2 |
‘our(excl.pl.)1 school2’ |
| kmi
|
‘wife’ |
| svli1
kmi2
|
‘Savilie’s1 wife2’ |
|
| |
| There may be
more than one noun in genitival relationship preceding the head
noun. |
| |
| 1
pu2 fs3
|
‘my1 father’s2
office3’ |
| pu1
z2
k3
|
‘his1 friend’s2
house3’ |
1 pf 2
zpf3
|
‘my1 sister’s2
friend3’ |
| rvz1 pf2
pfh3
|
‘Ravizo’s1 sister’s2
shawl3’ |
|
| |
| A noun
phrase may at the same time contain attributes which precede and
attributes which follow. |
| |
| 1
sdr2
kv3
|
‘my1 good3
axe2’ |
| pu1
mh2
kzv3
|
‘her1 beautiful3
eyes2’ |
| 1
k2
kz3
|
‘my1 big3
house2’ |
| 1
k2
ptk3
|
‘all3 of my1
house2’ |
| pu1
nypf2
ptk3
|
‘all3 of his1
daughter2’ |
|
| |
| The surface
order of an attributive noun phrase whould be |
| |
|
±gen + N ±
adj ± gend. ±
dual ± dim. ±
article ± dem. |
|
± quantifier ±pl. |
| |
| 10.12 The
Co-ordinate Noun Phrase |
| |
A
co-ordinate noun phrase is built up of two or more head nouns,
which may be either the conjuctive m
‘and’ or the disjunctive mr
‘or’ When the phrase is composed of more than two nouns the co-ordinators
are added after the penultimate noun. |
| |
| (a) thmi1
m2
thnni3
|
‘man1 and2
woman3’ |
| |
or |
| |
‘men1 and2
women3’ |
| (b) tf1
m2
niny3
|
‘(the) dog1 and2
(the) cat3’ |
| (c) ny1
kni2
m3
nypf4
|
‘two2 sons1
and3 two5 |
| kni5
|
daughters4’ |
(d) 1
pu2
m3 4  u5
|
‘my1 father2
and3 my4 mother5’ |
| (e) mth1
pu2
m3
thv4
|
‘one2 cattle1
and3 one5 pig4’ |
| pu5
|
|
| (f) mth1
thv2
tm3
m4
|
‘Cattle1, fowl2,
goat3 and4 fish5’ |
| khu5 |
|
| (g) mi1
pu2
m3
pu4
ny5
|
‘a2 man1
and3 his4 son5’ |
| (h) thmi1
pu2
m3
tkh4
|
‘(the) story6 of two5
tigers4 and3 |
| kni5
dz6
|
one2 man1’ |
|
| |
| In the last
example, the co-ordinate noun phrase is in attributive
relationship with the head noun, dz
story’ |
| |
| kni1
mri2
s3
|
‘two1 or2
three3’ |
| vzli1
mr2
svli3
|
‘Vizolie1 or2
Savilie3’ |
| thmi1
mr2
thnmi3 |
‘man1 or2
woman3’ |
|
