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The document discusses different morphological processes across multiple languages. It provides examples of conversion through ablaut and stress shift in English. It also examines reduplication in Samoan verbs to indicate plurality. Finally, it looks at the use of infixes in Agta, where an infix meaning "become" is added within root words to derive verbs from adjectives.

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The document discusses different morphological processes across multiple languages. It provides examples of conversion through ablaut and stress shift in English. It also examines reduplication in Samoan verbs to indicate plurality. Finally, it looks at the use of infixes in Agta, where an infix meaning "become" is added within root words to derive verbs from adjectives.

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5. Each of the following columns illustrates a different morphological process.

Column 1 Column 2

a. mouse/mice f. récord/ recórd

b. dive/dove g. ímport/impórt

c. take/took h. cónvict/convíct

d. goose/geese i. ímprint/imprínt

e. eat/ate j. óutrage/outráge

i. What morphology process is at work in column 1? Column 2?

 In column 1 and column 2, it’s CONVERSION

ii. Describe in your own words the difference between the process exemplified in column 1
versus that in column 2

 In column 1, a type of conversion is ablaut, which is the replacement of a vowel with a


different vowel. It is used in forming new words (replace form of verb, noun)

In column 2, another type is stress shift. It is used in inventing a new word by shifting the place
of stress, to mark the difference between related nouns and verbs

iii. Think of at least one more English example to add to each column.

 Example:

Column 1 Column 2

knife/knives cóntest/contést

man/men cóntrast/contrást

sing/song cónvert/convért

6. The following words can be either nouns or verbs


a. record f. outline k. report

b. journey g. convict l. outrage

c. exchange h. imprint m. answer

d. remark i. reprint n. import

e. surprise j. retreat o. cripple

i. For each word, determine whether stress placement can be used to make the distinction
between noun and verb

 f. récord (n) / recórd (v)

ímport (n) /impórt (v)

cónvict (n) /convíct (v)

ímprint (n) /imprínt (v)

óutrage (n) /outráge (v)

ii. Think of two more English examples illustrating the process of stress shift to mark a category
distinction

 Example:

prótest (n) / protést (v)

récall (n) / recáll (v)

7. The following Samoan data illustrates one of the morphological processes discussed in
this chapter

a. [mate] ‘he dies’ [mamate] ‘they die’

b. [nofo] ‘he stays’ [nonofo] ‘they stay’

c. [galue] ‘he works’ [galulue] ‘they work’

d. [tanu] ‘he burries’ [tatanu] ‘they bury’


e. [alofa] ‘he loves’ [alolofa] ‘they love’

f. [taoto] ‘he lies’ [taooto] ‘they lie’

g. [atama’i] ‘he is intelligent’ [atamama’i] ‘they are intelligent’

i. What morphological process is illustrated by these data?

 It’s REDUPLICATIVE AFFIX

ii. Describe how this process works

 The duplicative affix is a copy of the first consonant, vowel-sequence of the root.

iii. If ‘he is strong’ in Samoan is malosi, how would you say ‘they are strong’ in Samoan?

 It’s [malosisi’i]

8. The following data from Agta (spoken in the Philippines) illustrates a specific type of
affix.

a. [dakal] ‘big’ [dumakal] ‘grow big, grow up’

b. [darág] ‘red’ [damarág] ‘redden’

c. [furáw] ‘white’ [fumaráw] ‘become white’

i. What is the affix in Agta meaning ‘become X’?

 [furáw]

ii. What type of affix is it?

It’s INFIX

iii. Describe its placement.

 INFIXES are inserted within words, e.g. the infix –um– in Tagalog, which shows that a verb
is in the past tense: sulat (to write)  sumulat (wrote).

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