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Linguistics Analysis Midterm
Some questions are as follows to show what it consists of.The actual midterm contains 4 pages worth of linguistic work to do. I will present the work to the winner of the bids.
What is the order of Quich morphemes (in terms of subject, verb, object, and tense marker)?

What is the order of Quich morphemes (in terms of subject, verb, object, and tense marker)?

4. Examine the sentences in the Klingon language, devised by Marc Okrand for Star Trek (reprinted from Frommers Looking at Languages). Pronunciation is not necessary for this question, but in case you would like to, note the following:

  • Some sentences from Quiché, a Native American language spoken in Guatemala, Central America, are given with their English Translation. Analyze the morphemes in these sentences and then fill in the exercises that follow the language data. N.b. -[x] is a voiceless fricative.

 

 

  • [kiŋsikix le libr] I read (present tense) the book.
  • [kusikix le libr] He reads the book
  • [kiŋwetamáx le kém] I learn the (art of) weaving
  • [kataxin kiŋwetamáx le kém] I continually learn of weaving
  • [kataxin kawetamáx le kém] You continually learn of weaving
  • [ʃiŋwetamáx] I learned (it)
  • [ʃuwetamáx le kém] He learned the weaving
  • [ʃasikix le libr iwir] You read the book yesterday

 

 

 

 

Fill in the blanks with the corresponding Quiché morphemes:

 

_________ I _____________ learn __________ (present tense)

 

_________ he _____________ read __________ (past tense)

 

_________ you _____________ the __________ continually

 

_________ book _____________ weaving __________ yesterday

 

 

What is the order of Quiché morphemes (in terms of subject, verb, object, and tense marker)?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • List three different ways an English speaker might make the borrowed Polish place name Szczebrzeszynie [ʃʧɛbʒɛʃɪnjɛ] fit in with English phonotactics. (hint – it’s chapter 3 section 3.6 in your text)

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Tajik By Adriana Solovyova

Tajik is an Indo-European language related most closely to Farsi (or Persian), the major language of Iran. Most literature in Tajik uses a version of the Cyrillic writing system. This is the system used in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and some other languages of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. You don’t need to know how to read Cyrillic writing to solve this puzzle — just use your common sense! One thing you will quickly realize is that words in Tajik are not arranged in the same order as they are in English. Below are three phrases from the Tajik language with their English translations.

 

 

 

Give the English translations of all four of these Tajik words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Examine the sentences in the Klingon language, devised by Marc Okrand for Star Trek (reprinted from Frommer’s Looking at Languages). Pronunciation is not necessary for this question, but in case you would like to, note the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isolate all the morphemes in the data, giving the meaning or function of each.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is the basic sequence of subject, verb, and object in Klingon?

 

 

 

 

 

Judging from only this data, what elements of Klingon are optional? Are these elements optional in English? If not, what is it about Klingon grammar that allows the omission of these elements?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Translate into English: tIhIH relegh.

 

 

Translate into Klingon: The children see the officer.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Draw a tree structure diagram for each of the following sentences:

 

 

  • Pat loves Robin passionately.
  • Pat pushed the stubborn horse into the barn.
  • Robin talked to the manager over the phone.
  • Robin yelled angrily at the manager from Ohio.
  • Lee bought a nice picture of the unicorn from Robin.
  • The weeping Angels sent Amy and Rory back in time.