LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 11 November 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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Structure of Noun Phrase in Manipuri –
A Study of Complex Structure

Dhanapati Shougrakpam, Ph. D. Scholar
P. Madhubala, Ph.D.

Abstract

This paper highlights the structure of noun phrases in Manipuri. For the convenience of analysis, noun phrases are distinguished into two types - simple noun phrases and complex noun phrases. The present discussion focuses on the second type of noun phrases - the complex noun phrases. An attempt is made to study how noun phrases work at the level of phrase and clause. In genitive constructions, the possessor nouns precede the possessed nouns. The conjunctive suffixes are used in pairs repeatedly after each noun or pronoun; conjunctive words are used in narrative and written contexts. Noun Phrases have explicit head nouns; there are headless noun phrases but this involves an understood context.

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It is a study of the more complex sorts of noun phrases– how noun phrases work within a particular clause, genitive or possessive noun phrases, conjoined noun phrases, headless noun phrases and relative clauses.

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Dhanapati Shougrakpam, Ph. D. Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Manipur University
Canchipur
Imphal – 795 003
Manipur
India
dippi1117@yahoo.co.in

P. Madhubala, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics
Manipur University
Canchipur
Imphal – 795 003
Manipur
India
pmadhubala@gmail.com
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