Structure of the noun phrase in Kafi Noonoo

dc.contributor.advisorGensler, Professor Orin
dc.contributor.authorTesfaye Tekle, Girma
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-30T10:00:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-08T04:33:57Z
dc.date.available2020-11-30T10:00:47Z
dc.date.available2023-11-08T04:33:57Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an attempt to give a structural description of the Noun Phrase of Kafi Noonoo. In Kafi Noonoo words generally end in a final vowel (usually -0/00) in their lexical entry (i.e. in isolation). Constructions of Noun Phrase structure involve a change in final vowel and/or tone, reduction, or modification of stem-final vowels or consonants. The head of an NP may be a (common) noun, a pronoun, a proper name, or zero; in the last case one of the adnominal elements (demonstrative, quantifier, etc.). The NP takes optional specifiers, namely the demonstratives, genitive NPs of possession and quantifiers. Kafi Noonoo is generally headjinaZ in its NP construction. However, this order can be reversed where there is a need for emphasis on the head noun; in which case, both the head and the modifier are distinct phonological phrases. The unmarked structure of the NP consists of (Demonstrative) - (Numeral) - (Adjective) - (Genitive) - (NP).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/23738
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAddis Ababa Universiyen_US
dc.subjectStructure of the noun phraseen_US
dc.titleStructure of the noun phrase in Kafi Noonooen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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