phonology homework

Phonology Homework Name ___________________________________________________________ A. Ganda (Uganda) 1. kola 'do' Are [r] and [l] separate phonemes or

2. lwana 'fight' allophones of the same phoneme?

3. buulira 'tell' State your evidence. If the latter,

4, lya 'eat' state the distributions (20 points),

5. luula 'sit' and select a base form and write

6. omugole 'bride' a rule for the alternation (15 points) .

7. lumonde 'sweet potato'

8. eddwaliro 'hospital'

9. oluganda 'Ganda language'

10. olulimi 'tongue'

11. wulira 'hear'

12. beera 'help'

13. jjukira 'remember'

14. eryato 'canoe'

15. omuliro 'fire'

16. effiriimbi 'whistle'

17. emmeeri 'ship'

18. eraddu 'lightning'

19, wawaabira 'accuse'

20. lagira 'command'

Here are some loanwords from English in Ganda. How can you account for the treatment of [r] and [l] in these words? 10 points leerway 'railway'

luula 'ruler'

B. Gascon (Southwestern France) 40 points /era hiʎo/ 'the girl/daughter' /eras hiʎos/ 'the girls/daughter' /eraj mas/ 'the hands' /eras tawlos/ 'the tables' /eras kledos/ 'the haylofts' /eraj bestjos/ 'the animals' /eraz ulos/ 'the pots' /eras kazos/ 'the houses' /eraz amidalos/ 'the tonsils' /eras hlus/ 'the flowers' /eraz awkos/ 'the geese' /eraj daʎos/ 'the scythes' /eraj nuros/ 'the daughters-in-law' /eraj granuz embeʒos/ 'the great desires' /era hiʎo de ʒwan/ 'John's daughter' (lit. 'the daugher of John') /eras hiʎoj de ʒwan/ 'John's daughters' /eraj mjebos tawlos/ 'my tables' (lit. 'the my tables') /eraj granus hlus/ 'the big flowers' /era petito awko/ 'the little goose' /eras petitoz awkos/ 'the little geese' The plural marker (which occurs at the end of the article, the adjective and the noun) can take the form /s/, /z/ or /j/. State the distributions (20 points). Select a base form for the plural marker and write rules accounting for the occurrence of the other two forms (20 points).