Nancowry
The allomorphs of the causative morpheme.
What are ha- (prefixed); and -um- (looks like a prefix that is infixed).
The form of the [+past] Tense morpheme in the weak verbs.
Decomposing the pronouns.
What is something that one could reasonably want to do--
-(a)DH
What is a reasonable take on the "regular" (weak) exponent of T[+past]?
Wow.
What is a reasonble reaction to a first look at this.
The allomorphs of the instrumental morpheme.
What are -an- and -in-?
The element conditioning a lot of allomorphy in agreement.
What is [+past]?
--Even when it is not realized as an overt affix (although it appears to have effects on the stem).
We'll think more about how these effects are located in a particular structural/linear location.
The representation of dual as [-sg,-pl]
What is something that works pretty well in this problem; what about other ways of representing dual?
Umlaut.
What is something that happens in Icelandic. Lots of Umlaut. And Ablaut. And other stuff. It's Icelandic.
The /t/ initial ones.
What is the default in this system (based on what various sources of evidence that you don't have say).
The factor(s) that determine the distribution of causative and instrumental allomorphs.
What is the number of syllables in the verb?
[person] -->Ø/[ ____ +pl, +pass]
What is an Impoverishment rule I might consider for the passive plurals.
See also the $400 question...
I can make this work in the semantics without positing dual morphemes for pronouns and verbs.
Can you? Please show us how--
-st
What is 2s in the context of....
See also the next question...
Suspiciously similar exponent properties across more than one environment on the one hand, versus an abstract phonological solution that simplifies the Vocabulary on the other.
What is the fact that ha- prefixed verbs take the disyllabic instrumental -in-?
The form of the feature [+pass]
What is ... -a ?
Does this work?
1. (impoverishment rule)
2. (impoverishment rule)
The features found in the subjunctives.
What is, "not clear, but one way to get at this is by tracking what the agreement is doing"?
What are those ways?
Positing a Root-determined set of "linking morphemes".
What is something that I might consider as a third possible type of analysis of these facts.
The expected form of an instrumental of a causative with -um-.
What is (maybe)
tacal --> tumcal
tumcal --> tinmcal
(phonology) --> tincal
[No clear attestation in the grammars]
There are a large number of verb classes in Gothic when morphophonology is taken into account.
What is something that I could look at further for fun/as a possible paper topic.
Dual is only distinguished from singular and plural on nouns.
What is a possibility that relates to our discussion of Amele in class...?
The "break" verb swtiches from strong to weak in a way that correlates with transitivity. Wth.
What is the kind of effect that will motivate us to look at locality conditions on allomorphy later in the course.
I don't like abstract phonology.
What is something that abstract phonology should respond to by pointing out that it doesn't particularly like you.