A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

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Section

3.6 Phonological Rules 6: Japanese

Examine the following data from Japanese and answer the questions.

Japanese form

1. aketa


2. akerareta


3. akesaseta


4. akesaserareta


5. tabeta


6. taberareta


7. tabesaseta


8. tabesaserareta


9. yonda


10. yomareta
    l l. yomaseta


11. yomaserareta


12. tonda


13. tobareta


14. tobaseta


15. tobaserareta


16. ataeta


17. ataerareta


18. ataesaseta


19. ataesaserareta


20. eranda


21. erabareta


22. erabaseta


23. erabaserareta

English gloss

"opened"

"was opened"

"caused to open"

"was caused to open"

"ate"

"was eaten"

"caused to eat"

"was caused to eat"

"read" (past)

"was read"

"caused to read"

"was caused to read"

"flew"

"was flown"

"caused to fly"

"was caused to fly"

"awarded"

"was awarded"

"caused to award"

"was caused to award"

"chose"

"was chosen"

"caused to choose"

"was caused to choose"