LING 200 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Glossary Of Ancient Roman Religion, Bantu Languages, Redone
Ling 200 Homework #2 Julia Lesser (40
points total)
Due: Friday, October 6th by 10am on myCourses
Note 1: always read the instructions and the questions very carefully, before you attempt answering.
Note 2: It is perfectly fine to work with your classmates on this assignment. Each student must submit
their own work. Please write the names of the classmates that you worked with at the top of your
assignment.
Note 3: Part 3 of this homework relies on some concepts that we will talk about at the beginning of next
week (on Monday, 10/2). Dont worry! You will have enough time to apply them to the homework!
Part 1: English re- (4 points)
Use the following two lists for this exercise. Remember that a star (*) indicates an
ungrammatical form.
List A
List B
redo
*rego
rewrite
*recry
rework
*resleep
recook
*resit
reimport
*rechange
rebuild
*reelapse
restate
*redie
reset
*revanish
resharpen
reshape
Using the lists above, answer the following questions:
Question 1: What part(s) of speech does the prefix re- attach to? Note the contrast between
list A and list B. What is the difference between these sets of words?
-The pre-fix Re attaches to the verb. The difference between list A and B is that
list A are verbs with Direct objects (transitive verbs) while list B are verbs with
indirect objects (non-transitive verbs).
Question 2: When re- is attached to a word or stem, what is the part of speech of the resulting
word or stem?
-When re is attached to a word or stem, the resulting word or stem is a verb.
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Question 3: In general, what meaning change(s) are caused by the addition of the prefix re-?
In the ideal case, what meaning does the prefix re- add to the word or stem to which it is
attached?
-The prefix re adds the meaning of doing something again. For example, with the
verb work to add re to it would mean to work again, to repeat the action.
Question 4: Why can you reshoot a movie but not reshoot, say, an animal?
-The reason reshoot can be used in reference to a movie and not to an animal is
because a movie has the ability to be re-done, but you can’t shoot and kill an
animal again after you’ve already shot and killed it because it cannot revert back
to its original state.
Part 2: Kinyambo verbs (22pts)
Kinyambo is a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania. Using the data in (1)-(12), below, your job
will be to analyze some of the verbal system of Kinyambo.
Kinyambo
English translation
(1)
nakajuna
I helped
(2)
barakoma
they will tie
(3)
nitukoma
we are tying
(4)
narajuna
I will help
(5)
nituchumba
we are cooking
(6)
nimujuna
you (pl) are helping
(7)
orasoma
you (sg) will read
(8)
baratura
they will put down
(9)
nimukichumba
you (pl) are cooking it
(10)
bakakinaga
they lost it
(11)
arakinaga
she will lose it
(12)
nibatura
they are putting down
Task 1: Segment the morphemes in the Kinyambo verbs above and identify their meanings
(using the provided list of meanings below).
TIP: Rearranging the list of words by similar meanings will be helpful. For instance, if
you are trying to segment out the verb base cook in the examples above, focusing on
the examples that share that meaning next to each other will be helpful.
Start by identifying the morphemes with the following meanings
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Document Summary
Ling 200 homework #2 julia lesser points total) Due: friday, october 6th by 10am on mycourses. Note 1: always read the instructions and the questions very carefully, before you attempt answering. Note 2: it is perfectly fine to work with your classmates on this assignment. Please write the names of the classmates that you worked with at the top of your assignment. Note 3: part 3 of this homework relies on some concepts that we will talk about at the beginning of next week (on monday, 10/2). You will have enough time to apply them to the homework! Use the following two lists for this exercise. Remember that a star (*) indicates an ungrammatical form. List a redo rewrite rework recook reimport rebuild restate reset resharpen reshape. Using the lists above, answer the following questions: Note the contrast between list a and list b.
