Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
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Noun Phr<strong>as</strong>es & Possession<br />
• Noun phr<strong>as</strong>es <strong>in</strong> Chuxnabán Mixe<br />
• Lack any b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g morphology<br />
• Consist of personal or demonstrative pronoun,<br />
noun, or noun + modifiers ( ADJ, NUM, DEM )<br />
• Adjectives precede or follow noun with no<br />
change <strong>in</strong> mean<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(1) tu’uk tsaajptëëjk mutsk / tu’uk mutsk tsaajptëëjk<br />
one church small / one small church<br />
‘one small church’