Language 1 - mube
Language 2 - mupe
Language 3 - mup
Based on the majority principle and most natural development principle, identify which of the following statements about the proto-form is/are CORRECT.
Proto-form Cognates Analysis
Analyzing cognates $mube$, $mupe$, and $mup$ to identify correct statements about their proto-form using linguistic principles.
Statement A: Voicing Change
Claim: Voiceless sounds become voiced between vowels. Therefore, *mube is not the likely proto-form.
- Principle: Common change: Voiceless consonant $\gt$ Voiced consonant between vowels (e.g., $p \gt b$).
- Evidence: Language 1 has 'b' (voiced) in $mube$; Language 2 has 'p' (voiceless) in $mupe$. Both consonants occur between 'u' and 'e'.
- Implication: If a proto-form had a voiceless consonant (like 'p') between vowels, it could evolve into a voiced consonant ('b') in a descendant (Language 1). This makes *mube (with 'b') unlikely as the proto-form, as the proto-form likely held the voiceless sound.
- Verdict: Correct.
Statement B: Final Vowel Elision
Claim: Final vowels are often deleted or elided. Therefore, *mupe is the likely proto-form.
- Principle: Common change: Final vowel deletion.
- Evidence: Language 3's form $mup$ lacks a final vowel, unlike $mube$ and $mupe$.
- Implication: The absence of a final vowel in $mup$ suggests the proto-form had one, which was later deleted. A proto-form like *mupe, retaining the final vowel, explains this observation naturally.
- Verdict: Correct.
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"He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be
One against whom there was no official complaint,
And all the reports on his conduct agree
That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint
For in everything he did he served the greater community."
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