Difference between revisions of "Noun Phrases"

Latest revision as of 13:01, 4 October 2012

Ordering of Constituents in Noun Phrases

Scots Gaelic is Head-initial/ final

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-===Nouns===
-==Common Nouns==
+Ordering of [[Constituent (definition) | Constituents]] in Noun Phrases
-Common noun stems can be simple or compound (cf. Macaulay 1992, 207). Compound sterns are most often formed by noun-noun combinations, adjective-noun ones18, and/or by adding prefixes and suffiXes:
-bUth-obrach (brith 'shop' + obrach gen. ofobair 'work')
+Scots Gaelic is [[Head (definition) | Head]]-initial/ final
-mor-shluagh (mor adj., 'big'+ sluagh 'people')
-ro-shealladh (ro prep., 'before' + sea//adh 'view')
+[[Complement (definition) | Complement]]
-bodachan (bodach 'old man' +-an diminutive suffix)
+[[Adjuncts (definition)| Adjunct]]
-The stem, or final suffix if present, indicates case and number. Nouns that are headed by another noun, even in compounds, take the genitive case although this is not always heard in informal speech.
+[[Prepositional Phrases]]
-==Proper nouns==
+[[Adjective Phrases]]
-==Pronouns==
-==Anaphoric nouns==
-==Mass vs. Count nouns==
-==Alienable vs. Inalienable nouns==
-==Verbal Nouns==
+[[Adverbial Phrases]] - intensifiers
-Possessors in the genitive follow the possessed noun
-Possessed + article + possessor(gen)
-Leabhar an duine ''the man's book"
 ==See Also==
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 *[[Phrase (definition)]]
 *[[Noun Declension]]
+*[[Nouns]]
 *[[Plural Formation]]
 [[Category: Syntax]]