| Substantives |
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The
substantives are classified into three classes. |
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(i) |
Simple or inherent nouns |
(ii) |
Derived nouns |
(iii) |
Compound
nouns or the nouns formed by com pounding
more than one stem. |
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4.3 |
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Simple
or inherent nouns |
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The
nouns stems of this class are grouped into |
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Proper nouns |
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Non-proper nouns |
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4.3.1 |
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Proper
nouns |
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The
proper nouns are grouped into |
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Place nouns |
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Personal nouns |
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| Place nouns |
| Since South Kodagu is a multilingual
tract and since Yeravas are found only in South Kodagu
the investigator wanted to study also the Yerava place
names as part of his investigation to describe Yerava
nouns. He set before him the following questions. |
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Are
these place names typically Yerava? |
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What is the proportion of Yerava place names
to the place names of Kodagu and Kannada?
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What is the structural composition
of Yerava place names? |
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Under what semantic heads
the Yerava place names occur? |
| e. |
Changes that the Kannada
place names take in Yerava use. |
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