diff --git a/content/proto-nyqy.org b/content/proto-nyqy.org index 21c02fe..f267432 100644 --- a/content/proto-nyqy.org +++ b/content/proto-nyqy.org @@ -894,13 +894,16 @@ reached on this point, most of them might be older innovations. # - What is the basic structure of the noun word (for polysynthetic # languages) and/or noun phrases (for more isolating languages)? Names in Proto-Ñyqy generally refer to defined entities, such as -objects, people, concepts, or events. They do not have any -morphological characteristics, they remain constant. However, they can -associate with each other and act as adjectives. More on that in +objects, people, concepts, or events. Regardless of their role during +locution, a noun bears no morphological information such as its +syntactic role or its number. However, nouns can associate with each +other and act as adjectives. More on that in §[[#Structural-Preview-World-Classes-Modifiers-Descriptive-Adjectives-pcpelau058j0]]. -They are the center of the noun phrase, of which they are head-first. -Noun phrases can be found as agents or patients of a sentence, but -they can also be found in genitive and dative constructions. +Noun phrases in Proto-Ñyqy are head-first, meaning the noun in noun +phrases come relatively early although the former is built around the +former and not exclusively after it. Noun phrases are mainly found as +agents or patients of a sentence, but they can also be found in +genitive and dative constructions. The nouns could most likely take genitive pronouns, but how they interacted exactly is yet unsure. The