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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
(ii) Demonstrative determiner
  a:    moati    naakinjou
1           2               3
   
  'That    girl    walks'
 
(iii) Qualifier determiner
  okka    moatima:ru    naakinjoru
  1               2                    3
   
  'All    girls    walk'
 
(c)
The (i) and (ii) in (b) above have become closed constructions in the sense that they cannot take any more attributes on their leftside and expand further. However, (iii) in (b) above could be expanded further using the possessive and demonstrative determiners.
(i) a:    okka    moatima:ru    naakinjoru
1       2              3                     4
   
  'All    those    girls    walk'
 
(ii) avena    okka    moatima:ru    naakinjoru
   1         2              3                      4
   
  'All    his    girls    walk'
 2      1       3        4
 
(d) The head of the noun phrase may have a common noun or a personal pronoun as attribute.
(i) na:nu    pireku    po:nje
   1          2          3
   
  'I    went    home'
1      3         2
 
(ii) paiya    moatima:ru    naakinjoru
   1               2                     3
   
  'The    Paniya    girls    walk'
           1           2        3
 
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