> taliesin the storyteller wrote:
> > 5. genitive/noun order
>
> depends on type of noun. Does "genitive" cover possesive pronouns as well?
i'm not exactly sure how linguists count it, but i'm pretty sure that
possessive pronouns pattern differently than the genitive in some languages.
> > 9. compounding type
> > a. head-last compounding
> > b. head-first compounding
>
> Does not compute. Compunding of nouns? verbs? There's a zillion ways of
> compunding nouns, just ask Panini.
well, i'm interested in all the types of compounding :~) the more important
one in had it mind though was noun+noun.
> Though for Taruven... verb+verb-compunds is like a contracted SVC
> (serial verb construction) so first things first. Then there's
>
> verb+noun (patient)
> noun (agent)+verb IIRC
> adj/relative+noun
>
> there might also be, IIRC:
> verb+patient+agent
>
> noun+noun is generally "most important last"
so it looks like head-last (at least for noun compounds).
>
> t.
>
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