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Exercise: Allomorphs (Cree) : Q1. in This Exercise, Some Morphemes Have Two Different Forms, Namely Allomorphs. I

[1] The document describes an exercise analyzing the Algonquian language Cree. [2] Cree exhibits allomorphy, where some morphemes have multiple forms that are used in different phonological environments. [3] The exercise asks the student to identify the allomorphs of nouns, verbs, auxiliaries, and determiners in Cree, note whether each is a root or affix, and determine the phonological contexts for each allomorph. It also asks for the Cree form of "I will rest."

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Exercise: Allomorphs (Cree) : Q1. in This Exercise, Some Morphemes Have Two Different Forms, Namely Allomorphs. I

[1] The document describes an exercise analyzing the Algonquian language Cree. [2] Cree exhibits allomorphy, where some morphemes have multiple forms that are used in different phonological environments. [3] The exercise asks the student to identify the allomorphs of nouns, verbs, auxiliaries, and determiners in Cree, note whether each is a root or affix, and determine the phonological contexts for each allomorph. It also asks for the Cree form of "I will rest."

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Ling 201, Sec.

C (Fall 2009)

Exercise: Allomorphs (Cree)


Cree is an Algonquian Indian language spoken in Canada. The colon ( ) represents a long vowelit is just part of the vowel sound before it and doesnt play a role in this problem. (Also [] is like the sound underlined in English choose; [] is the underlined sound in English shoe.) 1. iman 2. niiman 3. soniya 4. nisoniya 5. wiya 6. niwiya 7. emihkwan 8. nitemihkwan 9. astotin 10. nitastotin 11. ospwakan canoe my canoe money my money meat my meat spoon my spoon hat my hat pipe 12. nitospwakan 13. akimew 14. nitakimen 15. apiw 16. nitapin 17. ispelohkew 18. nitispelohken 19. kaakimew 20. nikaakimen 21. kaapiw 22. nikaapin my pipe he counts I count he sits I sit he rests I rest he will count I will count he will sit I will sit

Q1. In this exercise, some morphemes have two different forms, namely allomorphs. I want you to list all of the allomorphs (there may be just one for some) for each morpheme. For each morpheme, tell whether it is a root or an affix, and whether it is a prefix, suffix, infix or circumfix, if it is an affix. (If there is no morpheme which corresponds to an English gloss, write .) Nouns morpheme

English gloss canoe money meat spoon hat pipe I he

root/affix

prefix/suffix/infix/circumfix

Ling 201, Sec. C (Fall 2009)

Verbs morpheme

English gloss count rest sit

root/affix

prefix/suffix/infix/circumfix

Auxiliaries morpheme

English gloss (present tense) will (future tense)

root/affix

prefix/suffix/ infix/circumfix

Determiners morpheme

English gloss my

root/affix

prefix/suffix/infix/circumfix

Q2. For the morphemes that have multiple allomorphs, tell under which circumstances each allomorph is used. (Hint: you will have to make a phonological generalization by looking at the nature of the neighboring sounds. What I mean is that youll have to talk about what kinds of sounds, just using your knowledge so far, appear with what allomorph.)

Q3. Finally, what is the Cree form likely to be for I will rest?

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