Telugu postpositions

The postpositions lō 'in' and nunci 'from' as Adposition entries. Both follow the oblique stem of the noun (Krishnamurti and Gwynn §9.14). They differ in boundness: nunci is a postposition of the first type, which only occurs bound to an oblique stem and never as a separate word, while lō is of the second type, a separate word that can also stand as an adverbial noun (§§9.14–9.15). Aitha places the postpositions outside the noun's prosodic word, so nunci is an enclitic and lō a free word.

Main definitions

• Telugu.Adpositions.inventory: the postpositions.

Implementation notes

• Krishnamurti and Gwynn spell lō as loo and give nunci the variant ninci.
• The inventory has the two postpositions of Aitha's paradigms; the grammar lists more of both types, koosam 'for', too 'with' and kaNTe 'than' among the first and miida 'on' and kinda 'under' among the second.

References

• [KG85]
• [Ait26]

def Telugu.Adpositions.lō : Adposition

lō 'in'.

Equations

• Telugu.Adpositions.lō = { morphs := [Morphology.Morph.free "lō"], linearization := {Adposition.Linearization.post}, functions := {Case.loc}, complements := {some Adposition.Complement.np} }

def Telugu.Adpositions.nunci : Adposition

nunci 'from'.

Equations

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def Telugu.Adpositions.inventory : List Adposition

The postpositions.

Equations

• Telugu.Adpositions.inventory = [Telugu.Adpositions.lō, Telugu.Adpositions.nunci]