Types of attributes Attributes

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5.9. Attributes

5.9.1. Types of attributes

In addition to the modifiers dealt with so far, such as article, demonstrative, numeral and quantifier, there are a number of other modifications of the noun phrase, which I have called attributes. These involve phrases and clauses that will be discussed at some other point and therefore they are only mentioned briefly here. These attributes are: 1. relative clause see 9.1 for the various types of relative clauses: 277 mie k[um]ala-no ne watu ama-ku person go-A.PART loc that father-my the man going there is my father 278 liwu ka-lente-ha-no o Wolio the land where he was born is land NOM-born-LOC-his ART Buton Buton 2. prepositional phrase, indicating location, direction, purpose and so on see Chapter 6: 279 daoa we Raha the market in Raha market loc Raha 280 wamba ne ina-ku the word spoken to my mother word loc mother-my 281 sau soo tumpu wood for firewood wood for firewood 3. temporal adverb see 7.10.1, 7.11: 282 monifi-ku morondo my dream last night dream-my last.night 283 tula-tula anagha-ini a tale of old story that In 283 anagha-ini is actually a demonstrative pronoun see 5.5.7, but here it functions as a temporal adverb: 4. descriptive ka-nominalization see 5.9.2: 284 kontu ka-rubu a small stone stone NOM-small 285 oe ka-tembe fresh water water NOM-fresh 5. question words see 8.6.2: 286 lambu hae? which house? house what 5 THE NOMINAL PHRASE 129 287 tolu-ghulu [m]eda-no hae? three animals of what kind? three-CLAS like-A.PART what 6. appositive clause see 9.2.4, only possible with certain nouns: 288 bhirita de-faraluu mie the news that they needed news 3pR-need person people 289 tula-tula-no ne-ghawa parasee the story that he got a prize story-its 3sR-get prize 7. focusing adverbs see 7.11.1: 290 isa-no kaawu only his older brother older.sibling-his only 291 se-tonde tora another glass one-glass again 292 ina-ndo dua their mother too mother-their too These adverbs can sometimes even float within an NP, where they end up between other constituents: 293 loso-no kaawu kontu only the holes in the stones hole-POS only stone 294 bhasitie-hi-no dua maitu his relatives too relative-PLUR-his also that 8. appositive noun phrase, which is co-referential with the main noun phrase. An appositive noun phrase constitutes a new nominal phrase which is outside the main noun phrase: 295 no-wora-mo sabhangka-no, ana-no ndoke 3sR-see-PF friend-his child-POS monkey he saw his friend, the baby monkey 296 ne-late bhe ana-no se-mie, o moghane 3sR-live with child-her one-CLAS, ART boy she lived with her only child, a boy 297 o moghane pasole se-bhera ghule se-bhera manusia ART man handsome one-part snake one-part man a handsome man, partly snake and partly man 9. other juxtaposed clauses see 9.2.4: 298 bhai-no naando no-dadi his friends from the time friend-his be 3sR-live he was still alive 299 dawu-mu de-pansa your share of the fishing part-your 3pR-fish 130 A GRAMMAR OF THE MUNA LANGUAGE

5.9.2. Descriptive attributes