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.

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’ binduzaza     ‘s/he is wondering’ azdore     ‘s/he asks’ azdorere     ‘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?