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Categories specific to the nominal domain Consider the data…
Categories specific to the nominal domain
Consider the data below, from a language other than English. I am not giving you an interlinear gloss. Tip: My first step in solving this problem would be figure out which other-language words correspond to which English words in the translation. Hint: These data contain no compounds. Therefore, each individual word in a sentence in this language must be assigned to a grammatical category.
a. ta nay mu? mot ka:y ba:n “That woman buys a table.”
b. ta nay mu? mot kon ga “That woman buys a chicken.”
c. on nay mu? mot ka:y ba:n “This man buys a table.”
d. on nay th?y mot ka:y ge “This man sees a chair.”
e. ta nay th?y mot kon xat “This woman sees a pig.”
f. toy mu? kon xat nay “I buy this pig.”
g. ta nay mu? ka:y ge nay “This woman buys this chair.”
h. on nay bi?t toy “This man knows me.”
i. toy bi?t on nay mu? mot kon xat “I know this man buys a pig.”
The word glossed as “a” in the above data is actually more likely the number “one”. Consider the following additional data:
j. ta nay mu? mot ka:y nia “This woman buys a house.”
k. ta nay mu? hai ka:y nia nay “This woman buys these six houses.”
l. ta nay mu? hai ka:y nia vinaq nay “This woman buys these six white houses.”
4. What grammatical category is found in this language which is not found in English? (2 points)
5. What is the linear order of grammatical categories within the nominal domain in this language? Your answer will consist of one line listing the order in which the categories appear in the nominal domain. (5 points)
6. Parse (i.e., put each word in square brackets and give its grammatical category) the following sentences: h, i, and l.[1] (3 points)
