26.12.2013 Views

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 ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

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’

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!