4. Table 3.23 shows a few Monish verb roots. The English glosses given here and below are for information only and should not be included in any way in your morphological analysis. Write your grammar so that it accepts only words that are based on the listed roots.

5. Monish suffixes in the lexicon contain underspecified vowels that are realized on the surface as front vowels or as back vowels depending on the overall harmony established by the vowels in the root. The following representation scheme is recommended, but you can use another if you design and document it well.

Monish suffixes contain the following four underspecified vowel ARCHIPHONEMES or MORPHOPHONEMES: U O O A U is the underspecified high vowel; it must be realized on the surface as either u, in back-vowel words, or as i in front-vowel words. Similarly, O is the underspecified mid-high vowel; it must be realized on the surface as either o, in back-vowel words, or as e in front-vowel words. The underspecified mid-low vowel O is realized as either e (front) or o (back). The underspecified A is realized as either a (front) or a (back).

Table 3.23: A Few Monish Roots