1. |
Words
elicited as answers to the question What
is this? ( These are singular nouns
and they fall in the subcategory of inanimate
and non-Human animate nouns. The major share
of the glossary goes to this section. )
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2. |
Words
elicited as answers to the question What
are these? Oriya does not have
regular plural mankers. |
3. |
Words elicited as answers to the question
Who is he/she? ( These
inlclude nouns which identify individuals
(people) by their professions and/or by
their other characteristic features such
as age, sex, physical deformities, etc.)
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4. |
Words elicited as answers to the question
Who are they? (These include
some of the plural nouns of the above category.) |
5. |
Words
elicited as answers to the question What
is this number? (which present
numerals. ) |
6. |
Words elicited as answers to the question
What colour is this ? (giving
colour terms.) |
7. |
Words elicited as answers to the question
What sort of a cat/pencil/ball/line/box/umbrella
is this? (giving adjectives, or
words functioning like adjectives.) |
