THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES Semester! C] semester X Supplementat’Summer Schoo! C] ions off ber C)_fApril [ss 20 Originating Campus: Cave Hil! «=O Mona x St Augustine CI] Mode: On campus X By bistance Course Code and Tite: LING 1002 (L108) Introduction to Morphology & Syntax Date: Monday May 04, 2015 Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m Duration: 2 Hours, Paper No: ‘Materials required: ‘Answer booklet: Normal X ‘Speciat O Not required ‘Multiple Choice answer sheets: numerical C. alphabetical O 120 0 110 0 ictions to Candid: Thi r & 4 Candidates are reminded that the exami ‘take info account the proper use of the English ‘Language in determining the mark for each respons ANSWER ONE (1) QUESTION FROM EACH SECTIONSECTION 1-MORPHOLOGY Choose ONE question from this section. 1 Answer all the following questions on morphological typology. a. It can be said that linguists classify language based on shared formal characteristics. With this in mind, identify and describe the different types of morphological systems that language may possess. In your response be sure to make reference to all of the languages below, showing clearly how they compare and contrast. Samoan 2ua maalarnalama atu i le mataaupu PRES understand I OBI the lesson “T understand the lesson’ Japanese Aldko- ga Haruko-ni mainiti tegami-o — kaku Akiko-suBs Haruko- to everyday letter» 0B! write “Akiko writes a letter to Haruko everyday.” Chukchi (Russian) tae meyy-a-levt= payt-a-rkan 1sG.suBy-great-head-hurt- PRES.1SG "have a fierce headache.’ Swabili ha fanyi-i NEG-he-do- PRES “S/he isn’t doing (it)” French Les bel le s maison- 5 sont tres grand-e- 5 the.PL beautiful-FEM-PL house.FEM-PL. are.3PL very big- | FEM-PL ‘The beautiful houses are very big.’ [15 marks] PRES“present; OB/=object; SUBJ=subject; sG=sing; pL=plural; NEG=negative; FeM=feminine; 1=first person; 3=third person b. Applying what you know of morphological typology, briefly compare Jamaican Creole and Jamaican Standard English making specific reference to the way they convey grammatical meaning (information). Give relevant examples to support your answer. [10 marks} ©. Briefly explain how language typology can be used in explaining the concept of language universals. [5 marks] ‘Semester 2 2016/20152 Answer all the following questions on word structure: a) b) Draw hierarchical tree structures showing how each of the words given below is formed. Indicate the word class at each stage of derivation and underline the root, denaturalizations impoliteness redoable predates [10 marks] ‘Redoable’ has only one meaning (“possible to redo”), but ‘undoable' is ambiguous. Say what the two possible meanings of ‘undoable’ are and explain how their hierarchical structures differ, using morphological trees to illustrate. {10 marks] The highlighted morphemes in ‘impossible’ and ‘incoherent’ are allomorphs of the morpheme /in/ and those in bats and houses, are allomorphs of the morpheme /s/. With reference to the identified morphemes, explain what allomorphy is. Make sure that you indicate what conditions the forms in each. (10 marks} ‘Semester 2 2014/2015,