535 Assignment 6

Sauerland on Germanic inflection

Due: Thursday, Feb. 5th

1. In a lexicalist morphological theory, at what point in the derivation does the level of Paradigm Structure occur? (One sentence, or a diagram/flow chart)

2. In a lexicalist theory what is the purpose of the level of Paradigm Structure? That is, what problem is the level of Paradigm Structure posited to resolve? (One-two sentences)

3. What empirical observation about the form of the adjectival suffixes in Germanic leads Sauerland to propose that the strong/weak category distinction is spurious? (One-two sentences)