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1. Given the set of data, which of the following best describes the language?
   1. Agglutinating
   2. Fusional
   3. Isolating
   4. Polysynthetic

(a) Tarahumara (Uto-Aztecan, 100 000 speakers, Mexico)

ba’wí bahí-n-ti-ri-ni

water drink-desiderative-causative-PST.PASS.-1stSG.NOM.

‘They made me want to drink water’

(b) Maori (Austronesian, 50 000 speakers, New Zealand)

ka whakahoki a Anthony ite hii ika a ia

PST. reply SPEC. Anthony PST. catch fish SPEC. he

‘Anthony replied that he had caught fish’

(c) Scottish Gaelic (Indo-European, 50 000 speakers, UK)

tha mi a’ sireadh an leabhair bhig ghuirm

be-PRES.-IND. I PROG. search-VN. the book-GEN.SG. small-GEN.SG. blue-GEN.SG.

‘I am searching for the small blue book’

1. The data below are from two children: Boris and Penelope. As you can see, they each produce the words a little differently.

(a) Identify the specific phonological processes exhibited in each child’s pronunciation of each word. 

Boris

maze

[med]  _________________________

rake

[ret]     _________________________

Penelope

maze

[bez]    _______________________

rake

[wek]   _______________________

(b) Determine how each child will most likely pronounce the following words.

Boris

Penelope

cane

_________________

_________________

rise

_________________

_________________

An important law in economics is the “Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility”.  Discuss what this law is and provide  an example of diminishing marginal utility you’ve encountered recently.