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Homework 1 and 2 Morphemes
Homework 1 and 2 Morphemes
Homework 1 and 2 Morphemes
Morphemes: Exercise
Activity1
a) Cats: cat (free) s (bound, prefix, inflectional)
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
a. List all of the Popoluca morphemes and allomorphs corresponding to the following translations
[Hints: (1) the past tense is unmarked/blank, and (2) where you see that there are multiple lines below,
there are multiple allomorphs]
Flower mo:ja
House ntk
Boss no:mi
Cornfield ka:ma
I/My ?a- ?am- ?an-
You/Your ?i- ?iL- ?in- ?im-
He/His ?i-
Hoe hoks
Eat ku?t
Sweep pet
Present Tense -pa
b. For two morphemes with more than one allomorph, state the phonetic environments that determine
the occurences of each allomorph. Meaning natural classes they occur in.
?a before /nm/
?am before bilabial C
?an elsewhere
?i before /nm/
?iL before velar C
?im before bilabial C
?in elsewhere