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Quiz 3
Identify all the roots and morphological processes in the data above and report it out as a complete lexicon. Don't forget to give a meaning or function for each root and morphological process.
beta b’Alute obyoyog. ‘The boy showed the bear’
b’Alu betate ñogog ‘The bear ate the boy’
beta b’Alute yoyog. ‘The boy saw the bear’
betate obyoyog. ‘He showed the boy’
beta b’Alu yoyog. ‘The boy saw the bear’
b’Alu beta ñogog. ‘The bear ate the boy’
b’Alu beta yoyog. ‘The bear saw the boy’
beta kirog obñogog. ‘The boy fed the tiger.
beta kirogte yoyog. ‘The boy saw the tiger’
beta b’Alute obñogog. ‘The boy fed the bear’
kirog b’Alu yoyog. ‘The tiger saw the bear’
b’Alute yoyog. ‘He saw the bear’
beta b’Alute obñoge ‘The boy will feed the bear’
(adapted from Lehmann & Pflueger, Workbook for Descriptive Linguistics 2nd ed.)
(Remember to give the meaning/function and form of each root and morphological process.)
Roots
beta ‘boy’
b’Alu ‘bear’
kirog ‘tiger’
yoy- ‘see’
ñog- ‘eat’
Morphological Processes
Prefix ob- to a verb to make a causative verb.
Optionally suffix –te to a noun functioning as the direct object.
Suffix –og to a verb to indicate past tense.
Suffix –ge to a verb to indicate future tense.
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