The Noun Phrase in Awngi
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1984-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This thesis attempts to examine the syntactic structures
of the noun phrase in Awngi.
The paper contains three chapters including the conclusion.
Chapter 1explains the background work of the thesis which
involves a description about the A.gewpeople, the ilgew
language and its classification, studies on Awngi and the
purpose of the study.
Chapter 2 discusses the noun phrase in Awngi. In so
doing, methods of identifying I1.wnginoun phrases and the
internal structure of the ~oun phrase, the distribution of the
constituents, external distribution and functions of the noun
phrase in J•.wngi have been presented.
Chapter 3 deals with a summary of the major points
discussed in the thesiso
Awngi is an inflectional language.1 Any syntactic analysis
may not be clearly discussed without an attempt of its morpho~ogical
categories. Hence, a brief description of the noun
morphology (gender, number and case inflections) has been
appended to help readers understand the various inflectional
elements in the thesiso
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Awngi