INFLECTIONAL MORPHLOGY 2, Apuntes de Morfología y Sintaxis

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INFLECTION AND DERIVATION — 1 Study the Luganda data below and show why it is unclear whether the diminutive and augmentative suffixes are inflectional or derivational: a. (Unmarked) Class Diminutive Augmentative Sg mu-kazi (class 1) ka-kazi (class 12) gu-kazi (class 20) “woman' “little woman” “enormous woman” PI ba-kazi (class 2) bu-kazi (class 14) — ga-kazi (class 22) “women” “little women” “enormous women' Sg — ki-sero (class 7) ka-sero (class 12) gu-sero (class 20) “basket” “little basket” “enormous basket” PI bi-sero (class 7) busero (class 14) ga-sero (class 22) “baskets” “little baskets” “enormous baskets” b. Sg kasolya (class 12) kamyu (class 12) kasera (class 12) “roof” “hare” “porridge' PI — busolya (class 14) bumyu (class 14) — busera (class 14) “roofs' “hares' “porridges” ce. Sg kikazi (class 7) kisajja (class 7) kigatto (class 7) “large woman' large man” “large (ugly) shoe” PI — bikazi (class 8) bisajja (class 8) bigatto (class 8) “large women” “large men' “large (ugly) shoes” a. skuyk- skuykep- - “to treat welP “to treat oneself well” megetoik". megetoik”. ep “to look after” *to look after oneself b. niglyk n1g1ykep or niglykip “to help' “to help oneself SImIt- sIMAItep Or SIMAItIP- “to beat “to beat or kill oneself c. skewoksim- skewoksip- “to love” “to love oneself tegerum- tegerup “to talk” *to talk to oneself' (based on Robins, 1958: 78-9) VERBAL INFLECTIONAL CATEGORIES fr Study the data in [10.28] from Runyankore, a Bantu language of Uganda. [10.28] Class a Omushomesa aza. Abashomesa baza. Omukazi aza. Abakazi baza. Class b Ekicuncu kiza. Ebicuncu biza. Ekisegyesi kiza. Ebisegyesi biza. Class € Embuxzi eza. Embuzi ziza. Ente eza. Ente ziza. *The teacher is coming.” “The teachers are coming.” *The woman is coming.* *The women are coming.” “The lion is coming.” “The lions are coming.” “The porcupine is coming.” “The porcupines are coming.” “The goat is coming.” “The goats are coming.” “The cow is coming.” “The cows are coming.* a. Identify the noun stems and prefixes. b. Describe the verb agreement phenomena which you observe. r What modifications do we need to make to the above statement in order to A accommodate these additional data? (Underlining indicates emphasis.) [10.29] a. Tureeba omushomesa. Omushomesa tumureeba. Tureeba abashomesa. Abashomesa tubarecba. b. Tureeba ekicuncu. Ekicuncu tukireeba. Turceba ebicuncu. Ebicuncu tubireeba. ce. Tureeba embuzi Embuzi tugireeba. Tureeba embuzi. Embuzi tuzireeba. “We see the teacher.” “We see the teacher.” “We see the teachers.” “We see the teachers.” “We see the lion.” “We see the lion.” “We see the lions.” “We see the lions.” “We see the goat.” “We see the goat.” “We see the goats.” “We see the goats.” 1