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ability and memory. In such cases, conjunction may occur only before the last unit.

dėk	kįmanė	rļne	gnė	deep, dry and crooked enough
enough	dry	deep	crooked
ksanė	zgėnė	la kśnė	kedi	bitter and sour green mango.
bitter	green	and sour	mango

Now we are in a position to formulate such phrases. When there are heads, the formula for co-ordinate phrase is as follows :

H1__________ ± C________ ± H2______________

{Noun } la {Noun}

{Verb } ± Adjunct bamla {Verb } ± Adjunct

{ Adj. } {Adj. }

When there are more than two heads -

_____H1______ + _____H2______ +...+ __C____ + ___Hn_____

Adjunct+ {Noun} Adjunct ± {Noun} la {Noun}

{Verb } {Verb } bamla {Verb }

{ Adj } {Adj. } {Adj. }

(b) Oppositive Phrase - These are phrase level constructions where two and only two words occur. One of these denotes the item and other one is in opposition to it or rather it is its referent. Such phrases are noun phrases.

Oppositive phrase -

Item________ + referent_______

{Noun } ± Adjunct {Noun } ± Adjunct

{ Pro } { Pro }

lu	misinė			we, the Mising,
-lu	misinė	dńiplkė	kumtadė	We Misings, descendants of Sun and Moon
paye	mirėm	k		Payeng, a rich man.
payeing	rich man	one

1.2.2.2 Single Head Phrase

Head-Modifier phrase - In such phrasal constructions, one word is always a head word and others modify the head word. It is also endocentric and is known as sub-ordinate, phrasal construction. It is also known as single head-modifier phrase.

(1) Noun head-modifier phrase :

In such noun phrase constructions, the head word is always a noun and adjectives or adjective subclasses occur as modifiers to the noun. Sometimes noun alone can occur as a phrase. But, when modifier'(s) occur(s) the noun always follows modifier.

Mod + H ± Mod

NP {Noun} {Dem Adj} Noun Num

{Pro } + {Poss PP }

{Qual.Adj}

where

Mod - modifier

Dem Adj. - demonstrative adjective

Pro - Pronoun

Poss PP - Possessive post-position

Num - numeral

Qual Adj. - adjective of quality

H - head