A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

Questions


A. For each of the following possessive words of English, list the corresponding
possessive morpheme in Tohono O'odham.


  1. Possessive morpheme
    Tohono O'odham morpheme English gloss


"my"
CL your"

"his/her"

cCo~r"

"your ( pl.)"


'"heir"

B. The Tohono O'odham possessive morphemes are bound morphemes. Are they
prefixes or suffixes?

C. What is special about the third person singular possessive morpheme (meaning
"his/herM) in Tohono O'odham?
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