[doboz] [dobozok] “box” [kba:t] [kba:tok] “coat” As you should be able to notice, the plural morpheme in has two Language H allomorphs. State each allomorph and its distribution (i.e., explain the phonological context in which each allomorph occurs). Hint: Maybe make a vowel chart for and see if you can make sense of the data? (9 points) H Given your answer to Part A of this exercise, predict the plural forms of the following singular nouns in (6 points) Language H. Word Singular Plural pair) of eyeglasses” [smyvg] “(a [dob] “drum” [vira:g] “flower” Part IV: Time to argue Exercise #10: To prescribe or to describe, that’s the exercise! (20 points) A. The following story has been (probably wrongly) attributed to Winston Churchill. After an overzealous editor attempted to rearrange one of Winston Churchill's sentences to avoid ending it in a preposition, the Prime Minister scribbled a single sentence in reply: "This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put." Churchill’s goal in his response should be clear, but the example he gave to drive his point actually fails to achieve that goal. Why? In other words, if you were the overzealous editor, how would you respond to Mr. Churchill’s note refuting Churchill’s point? (Be polite in your response, though, since the guy was an influential figure at his time.)
“box” [doboz] [dobozok] “coat” [kba:t] [kba:tok] As you should be able to notice, the plural morpheme in Language H has two allomorphs. State each allomorph and its distribution (i.e., explain the phonological context in which each allomorph occurs). Hint: Maybe make a vowel chart for H and see if you can make sense of the data? (9 points) Given your answer to Part A of this exercise, predict the plural forms of the following singular nouns in Language H. (6 points) Word Singular Plural “(a pair) of eyeglasses” [smyvg] “drum” [dob] “flower” [vira:g] Part IV: Time to argue Exercise #10: To prescribe or to describe, that’s the exercise! (20 points) A. The following story has been (probably wrongly) attributed to Winston Churchill. After an overzealous editor attempted to rearrange one of Winston Churchill's sentences to avoid ending it in a preposition, the Prime Minister scribbled a single sentence in reply: "This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put." Churchill’s goal in his response should be clear, but the example he gave to drive his point actually fails to achieve that goal. Why? In other words, if you were the overzealous editor, how would you respond to Mr. Churchill’s note refuting Churchill’s point? (Be polite in your response, though, since the guy was an influential figure at his time.)
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