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?
- 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?
- What conditions determine which form of the suffix occurs?