Homework #2:  Solutions

 

3. 

a)     noisy crow      3) phrase consisting of adjective plus noun

b)     scarecrow       1) compound noun

c)     the crow          6) grammatical morpheme followed by lexical morpheme

d)     crowlike          5) root morpheme plus derivational suffix

e)     crows              4) root morpheme plus inflectional suffix

 

4.

a)     terrorized        3) inflectional suffix

b)     uncivilized       1) free root

c)     terrorize          4) derivational suffix

d)     lukewarm        2) bound root

e)     impossible       6) derivational prefix

 

5.

a)     The morpheme meaning singular is um-

b)     The morpheme meaning plural is aba-

 

c)        The Zulu stems to which the singular/plural morphemes are attached:

 

        Zulu        English                                 Zulu      English

-fazi         'married woman'                 -bazi       'carve'

-fani         'boy'                                    -limi       'farm'

-zali         'parent'                                -dlali      'play'

-fundisi    'teach'                                  -fundi      'read'

 

d)     The derivational suffix morpheme that specifies the category verb is -a.

e)     The nominal suffix morpheme is -i.

f)      A noun is formed in Zulu by adding the suffix morpheme, -i, to the stem (and adding a singular or plural prefix).  Schematically this is: 

Noun = singular/plural marker + Verb stem + Nominal suffix

g)     The stem morpheme meaning 'read' is -fund-.

h)     The stem morpheme meaning 'carve is -baz-.

 

6.

a)     2

b)     1

c)     2

d)     5

e)     1

 

7.

a)     To form an infinitive, add the suffix -en to the root.  Schematically, this is:  Infinitive = Root + -en

b)     To form a past participle, circumfix the prefix go- and the suffix -d to the root.  Schematically, this is Past Participle = ge- + Root + -d