535 Assignment 4

(Halle & Marantz pp. 138-end (Potawatomi)

Due: Thursday, January 29

1. Are the Potowatomi proclitics themselves verbal agreement morphemes? (Answer: yes or no).

2. H&M propose that an Impoverishment rule applying to Agr2 is triggered in certain first person cases.

a) What feature is deleted? (Answer: name of feature)

b) What affix (VI) is the best candidate for Agr2 after that Impoverishment rule applies?

c) What affix (VI) is blocked from insertion by that Impoverishment rule?

d) What Readjustment Rule is also prevented from applying (bled) by that impoverishment rule?