cilo
k  t
|
`too
much’ |
y  ono
kiwi |
`very
good’ etc. |
|
|
or
an adjective as the sole realization of the adjective phrase, as in : |
ilimìye kiwi úwe
|
`the good girl went’ |
ino aylyúhu kiwi zuthulu anì
|
`I am seeing that good lady’ |
apu tipaw akinipo
|
`that boy (is) deaf’ |
timì tipawqó akipici
|
`these
men (are) lazy’ etc. |
|
|
particles
like no `and’ kew (an empty morph) ad intensifiers may form constituents
of an adjective phrase. Illustrative examples of these are stated below
: |
(a)
no `and’ : This particle is used when the speaker desired to indicate
that some unexpected additional information is to follow. For instance,
in the example given below, the speaker desires to communicate that the
dame apart from being fat is also short. The particle no `and’ is
used probably to warn the listener that he should sustain his attention
as something more is to follow as in : |
| totimì
akukize no |
|
`a
fat and short woman’ (Lit. |
| ikhònhey
lakhì |
woman
round shape and short one) |
|
|
(b)
Kew : Usually the qualitative and quantitative adjectives are post-posed
to the noun head. The qualitative adjectives could also be preposed to
the noun head, as in : |
qhemay
kew ilimì ~
ilimì qhemay
|
|
`tall
dame’ |
|
|
y ono
qhemay
kew ilimi~
ilimì y ono
qhemai
|
|
`very
tall dame’ |
|
|
When
the kew occurs with an adjective, in the manner specified above, the particle
kew would be post-posed to the entire phrase, as in : |
| y
ono
qhemay
kew ilimì ~ |
`very
tall dame’ |
|
|
Since
every adjective proper can take an intensifier and since any two qualitative
adjectives could be connected by the particle no, hereafter an adjective
phrase with an intensifier and the occurrence of two or more adjectives
would not be referred to. So is the case with the particles of comparative
and superlative degrees which also could occur with any qualitative adjective.
Therefore, while discussing the constituents of a NP or VP, these adjective |
| |
 |
qhemay
kew |
`tall’
|
 |
|
| |
kutuo
kt
|
`too
much’ |
|
| Adjective
phrase |
nuno azukiw ìú |
`more
beautiful than’ |
adjective |
| |
azukiwi
ktú
|
`most
beautiful’ |
|
| |
yono
qhemay
knew |
`very
tall’ etc. |
|
|
|
In
other words, while discussing units above that of adjective phrase, viz.,
NP and VP, an adjective phrase would be realized as a single adjective. |
| 3.5.2. Adverb Phrases |
It
was already mentioned earlier (3.4.2) that amongst the three different
sub-types of adverbs, there is no fixed order for their occurrences, when
all of them occur as constituents of a single VP. Hence, amongst themselves,
these three sub-types do not form an adverb phrase, rather if all three
of them occur as modifiers of a VP, each one directly modifies the verb
i.e., each would be a direct refernt to the nucleus verb and hence would
not form form part of an adverb phrase. Each sub-type of adverbs, however,
could form adverb phrases which can be broadly sub-grouped into two, viz.,
|
(i)
The adverb of manner forming an adverb phrase by taking the intensifier,
yöFone, as in : |
yono
ppasi
pon ì
|
`will
run very quickly’ |
|
|
Depending
upon the intensity, the same intensifier could be repeated as in : |
| yono
yono
ppasi
pon ì |
`will
run very very quickly’ etc. |
|
|
(ii)
An adverb of time or an adverb of location forming an adverb phrase by
taking the definite particle, so as to specify the place or time, as in
: |
| isi
hu |
`today
itself’ |
tile hu
|
`there
itself’ etc. |
|
|
In
this case, there is a fixed word-order in that the particle is invariably
post-posed to the adverb. In addition, some of the adverbs of time can
function as nucleus of an adverb phrase by forming constructions with
numerals both whole and fractions and also with the words denoting the
parts of a day. In |
