A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

Questions

A. Provide the Japanese equivalents to the English words below by filling in the

blanks.

Japanese form English gloss

1. "presented"


2. "criticized"


3. "trusts"


4. "loves"


5. "despises"


6. "hit"


7. "teacher"

B. The word zibun translates into English as the reflexive himselflherself. Given

data in 1-6, what differences do you find between the English reflexive and

zibun? (Hint: Compare where the "reflexive" words occur, their morphologic

form, and so forth.) In answering this question, you may find it useful to

consult the previous exercises on reflexives.