Peter Richtsmeier

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).

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)

The feature [ACC] which is deleted next to [+preterit]

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

[-mun]

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

[-nan]

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

The rule that inserts a [-y-] before [-nan] when the subject is 2^nd person:

0 à /y/ /__/-mun/

[ACC]