A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

Questions


A. What are the Japanese morphemes that correspond to each of the following
words in English?

Japanese form English gloss

(^6 6) open"
"eat"
''read"
"fly"
"award"
"choose"
B. 1. The past tense suffix appears in two forms. What are they?



  1. Write an informal phonological rule that changes one form of the suffix into
    the other. Use the correct distinctive feature(s) in stating the rule (see
    appendix 2). (Hint: Assume ta is basic.)


C. l. The causative suffix appears in two forms. What are they?


  1. What conditions determine which form of the suffix occurs?

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