Consider the verb forms from the imaginary language Caqon. (…

Consider the verb forms from the imaginary language Caqon. (Note: assume Caqon has the same rules for syllabifying words as English. Also, each vowel is the nucleus of its own syllable.) saqi      ‘s/he runs’ saqiqi     ‘s/he is running’ botin     ‘s/he swims’ botitin      ‘s/he is swimming’ ombu     ‘s/he thinks’ ombubu     ‘s/he is thinking’ qumes     ‘s/he talks’ qumemes     ‘s/he is talking’ dalbon     ‘s/he leaps’ dalbobon     ‘s/he is leaping’ binduza     ‘s/he wonders’ binduduza     ‘s/he is wondering’ azdore     ‘s/he asks’ azdodore     ‘s/he is asking’ a. What type of word formation process is used to express Progressive Aspect in Caqon? b. Which part of the base is targeted for copying when creating the Progressive morpheme?

Consider the following sentence: (1) We sang songs after M…

Consider the following sentence: (1) We sang songs after Maria’s delicious dinner. Examples (2-3) show the results of some constituency tests. What do these results imply about the structure of sentence (1)? (2) *It was after Maria’s that we sang songs delicious dinner. (3) *After Maria’s, we sang songs delicious dinner.