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2. A noun phrase can be followed immediately by a determiner. Eg.
 
2. A noun phrase can be followed immediately by a determiner. Eg.
 
'''nyɔnu la''' “the woman”  
 
'''nyɔnu la''' “the woman”  
nyɔnu la
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nyɔnu la
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woman AFFMT
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N DET
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<Phrase>19432</Phrase>
 
<Phrase>19432</Phrase>

Revision as of 13:21, 7 April 2011

This page was created as an in-classroom exercise in LING 2208, NTNU

By Mercy Motte and Mango K. Bodua

GENERALISATIONS – Some Ewe linguists have already looked at these.


1. A noun phrase can be made up of a single word. Eg. agbà “load”

agbà
“load”
agbà
agbà
load
N




2. A noun phrase can be followed immediately by a determiner. Eg. nyɔnu la “the woman”


nyɔnu la
“the woman”
nyɔnu
nyɔnu
woman
N
la
la
AFFMT
DET



3. The plural suffix is ‘’wo’’ which is normally attached to nouns. For example, Ðeviwo “children” Ðeviwo Ðeviwo children N


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4. All post noun modifying elements for example, adjectives in the noun phrase precede the definite marker or the demonstrative. The noun phrase is left headed. Egs. Ðevi sue sia “this small child” Ðevi sue sia Ðevi sue sia child small this N ADJ DEM


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Ðevi lolo la “the big/fat child” Ðevi lolo la Ðevi lolo la child big AFFMT N ADJ DET


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