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=== Type I Noun Incorporation Derivation === | === Type I Noun Incorporation Derivation === | ||
Another major mechanism for deriving new vocabulary is through exploiting the language's extensive use of noun incorporation. A subtype of NI, called "Type I Noun Incorporation", is exploited to create verb-noun compounds to derive new vocabulary. Through this process, new verbs ''and'' nouns may be formed. | |||
A few common Type I Noun Incorporation formations are used to derive instrumental, locative, and manner nouns: | A few common Type I Noun Incorporation formations are used to derive instrumental, locative, and manner nouns: | ||