Quiz 2

Quiz 2

1. Draw a tree for each English word below

a. unedited (as in the sentence I prefer the unedited version)

b. reformulation (as in the sentence Our reformulation of the problem led to new answers)

2. Analyze the following Japanese data and answer the questions below:

a. Masaga kita. 'Masa came' d. Toruga shinda. 'Toru died'

b. Kumikoga hono yonda. 'Kumiko read the book' e. Kumikoga yonda. 'Kumiko read'

c. Toruga Kumikoo mita. 'Toru saw Kumiko' f. Kumikoga Toruo mita. 'Kumiko saw Toru'

(data from Carnie, Andrew. 2002. Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers (http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/carnie/pdfs/ProblemsSets.pdf p. 21))

(HINT: Don’t try to identify a past tense marker—you don’t have enough data to isolate it.)

Identify all the morphemes and morphological processes in the Japanese data above.

Nouns: Verbs:

Masa ‘Masa’ Toru ‘Toru’ kita ‘came’ shinda ‘died’

Kumiko ‘Kumiko’ hon ‘book yonda ‘read’ mita ‘saw’

Suffix –ga to subject.

Suffix –o to direct object.

(B) Case is marked in this data -- is the system nominative-accusative, ergative-absolutive, or active? Nominative-accusative�