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1. Consider these data from two American Indian languages: Yerington Northfork Paviotso YP Monachi NM Gloss mupi mupi nose tama tawa tooth piwi piwi
1. Consider these data from two American Indian languages: Yerington Northfork Paviotso YP Monachi NM Gloss mupi mupi nose tama tawa tooth piwi piwi heart sawa?pono sawa?pono (a feminine name) nimi niwi liver tamano tawano springtime pahwa pahwa aunt kuma kuwa husband wowa?a wowa?a mihi mihi indians living to the west porcupine noto noto throat tapa tape sun Patapi Patapi jaw papi?i papi?i older brother pati peti nana ?ati nana Peti (a) Identify each sound correspondence. (1/5) daughter man bow, gun (Hint: there are 10 correspondence sets of consonants and 6 correspondence sets of vowels, e.g., p-p, m-m, a-a, a-e.) (b) i. For each correspondence you identified in the previous step that contains no m or w, reconstruct a protosound (e.g., for h-h, "h, etc.) (0.5/5) ii. If the protosound underwent a change, indicate what the change is and in which language it took place. (0.5/5) (c) i. Whenever a w appears in YP, what appears in the corresponding position in NM? (0.5/5) ii. Whenever an m occurs in YP, what two sounds may correspond to it in NM? (0.5/5) iii. On the basis of the position of m in YP words, can you predict which sound it will correspond to in NM words? How? (1/5) (d) For the three correspondences that you discovered involving m and w, how many protosounds should you construct? (0.5/10) What are they and what did they become in the two daughter languages, YP and NM? (0.5/5)
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