Questions
A. There is overlap between the semantic properties that Navajo and Chinese
grammaticalize. But now consider how English speakers would refer to certain
objects in noun phrase constructions. Fill in an appropriate noun in the
following English noun phrases:- five of chewing gum (note awkwardness of *five chewing gums)
- five of dynamite (note awkwardness of *five dynamites)
- five of coal (note awkwardness of *five coals)
- five of paper (note awkwardness of *five papers)
- five of cattle (note awkwardness of *five cattles)
- five of wood (note awkwardness of *five woods)
B. Supply two more examples of the type of English noun phrase given in
question A.C. What Navajo root would you use when you handle- one piece of uncooked spaghetti
- one piece of cooked spaghetti
- a pot of cooked spaghetti
- a handful of cooked spaghetti