Consider the following data from Bontoc, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Philippines. The data show a particular kind of morpheme doing a particular kind of function.
i. identify the morpheme
ii. state what type of affix it is
iii. state whether it is inflectional or derivational
iv. state what you think its function is
[fikas]’strong’
[fumikas]’he is becoming strong’
[kilad]’red’
[kumilad]’he is becoming red’
[bato]’stone’ [
bumiato]’he is becoming a stone’
[fusul]’enemy’
[fumiusul]’he is becoming an enemy’
Consider the following data from Bontoc, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the…
Consider the following data from Bontoc, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Philippines. The data show a particular kind of morpheme doing a particular kind of function.
