Ling 111.

02 Spring 2012 Due March, 15th 2012 Assignment I

Name:

I.

Examine the following data from Swahili, a language spoken in East Africa, and answer the questions that follow.

1. [atanipenda] 2. [atakupenda] 3. [atampenda] 4. [atatupenda] 5. [atawapenda]

s/he will like me s/he will like you s/he will like him s/he will like us s/he will like them

15. [atanipiga] s/he will beat me 16. [atakupiga] s/he will beat you 17. [atampiga] s/he will beat him 18. [ananipiga] s/he is beating me 19. [anakupiga] s/he is beating you 20. [anampiga] s/he is beating him 21. [amekupiga] s/he has beaten you 22. [amenipiga] s/he has beaten me 23. [amempiga] s/he has beaten him 24. [alinipiga] 25. [alikupiga] 26. [alimpiga] s/he beat me s/he beat you s/he beat him

6. [nitakupenda] I will like you 7. [nitampenda] I will like him

8. [nitawapenda] I will like them 9. [utanipenda] 10.[utampenda] 11.[tutampenda] you will like me you will like him we will like him

12.[watampenda] they will like him 13.[atakusumbua] s/he will annoy you 14.[unamsumbua] you are annoying him

27. [wametulipa] they have paid us 28. [tulikulipa] we paid you

a. Give the Swahili morphemes for the following English translations: {ni-}:I {-li}:(past tense) {-sumbua}: annoy {ni-}:me {tu-}:us {me-}:(present perfect tense) {tu-}:we {u-}:you (as subject) {-ta}:(future tense) {-piga}:beat {-lipa}:pay {ku-}:you (as object) {-penda}:like {wa-}:they {a-}:s/he {-m}:him/her {wa-}:them {-na}:(present progressive tense)

b. What is the order in which the morphemes in Swahili are arranged (in terms of subject, object, verb, and tense)? Subject-tense-object-verb 1

 c. Give the Swahili word for the following English translations:

1. I have beaten them: nimewapiga 2. They are beating me: wananipiga 3. They have annoyed me: wamenisumbua

4.You have beaten us: umetupiga 5.We beat them: tuliwapiga 6.I am paying him: ninamlipa

d. Give the English translation for the following Swahili words.

1. [atanilipa]: s/he will pay me 2. [utawapiga]: you will beat me

3. [walikupenda]:they liked you 4.[nimemsumbua]:I have annoyed him/her

II. Draw the tree diagrams (representing the hierarchical structure) for the following English words:

Example: refinalizes

Verb

Verb

-s

re-

Verb

Adjective

-ize

final

a. organizationally

c.

reduplication 2

Adverb Adjective Noun Verb organize b. irretrievable d. -al -ly Verb reVerb duplicate unenlightened Adjective Adjective irVerb retrieve Adjective -able Noun light unVerb -en Adjective -ed Noun -ion

-tion

III. Please give the PS rules for the following sentences.

Example: I like ice-cream

SNP VP, NPN, VPV NP

a. The naughty boy broke the window. b. She said that she did her homework yesterday. c. I love syntax very much. d. The teacher reads this book everyday.

a. SNP VP, NPDet N, NAdj N, NN, VPV NP, NPDet N b. SNP VP, NPN, VPV CP, CPC AuxP, AuxPNP Aux, AuxAux VP, VPVP AdvP, VPV NP, AdvPAdv c. SNP VP, NPN, VPVP AdvP, VPV NP, AdvPAdvP Adv, AdvPAdv d. SNP VP, NPDet N, VPVP AdvP, VPV NP, AdvPAdv

IV. The following expressions (compounds or phrases) are ambigious. For each meaning, plase explain the grouping with brackets and paraphrase the meaning (like in the example).

Example: top hat rack i. a rack for top hats ii. a hat rack which is at the top ((top hat) rack) (top (hat rack))

a. Black hair grip

i) ii)

A grip for black hair

((Black hair) grip)

A hair grip which is black (Black (hair grip))

b. Child psychology specialist

i) ii)

a psychology speacialist who is a child specialist)) a specialist on child psychology specialist)

(Child (psychology ((Child psychology)

c. Dirty student hotel

i) ii)

A student hotel which is dirty A hotel for dirty students

(Dirty (student hotel)) ((Dirty student) hotel)

d. Old English poem

i) ii)

An English poem which is old A poem which is written in Old English

(Old (English poem)) ((Old English) poem) 4