A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

1. Write the rule that accounts for the alternation in the forms given in
   example 3.

Answer

Rule 1 : t -+ d /

consonantal

2. Write the rule that accounts for the alternations in examples 4 and 9.

Rule 2:

3. To account for the list I1 forms in examples 5 and 10, two rules are needed,
   one of which has already been stated as rule 1. Write a second rule that,
   when applied in combination with rule 1, will produce the list I1 forms in
   examples 5 and 10. Does the order in which these rules apply make any
   difference?

Rule 3:

4. Examples 2, 7, and 8 introduce yet another complication in the phonology
   of Japanese. They illustrate again that rules in a grammar may (or must) be
   ordered with respect to each other. Only one additional rule needs to be
   added to your list of rules if the output of this rule is allowed to "feed
   into" the rules you have already written. Write this rule as rule 4.

Rule 4:

B. List the rules that are needed to derive each of the forms given in list 11,
ordering them where necessary. That is, list them in the order in which they
must apply to derive the correct forms. Use the numbers to refer to the rules.

1. tabete


2. yonde


3. shinde