02954nam 2200625 450 991079042230332120200903223051.090-272-7176-3(CKB)2550000001116058(EBL)1382063(SSID)ssj0000984967(PQKBManifestationID)11546459(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000984967(PQKBWorkID)11014042(PQKB)10910731(MiAaPQ)EBC1382063(Au-PeEL)EBL1382063(CaPaEBR)ebr10759326(CaONFJC)MIL516350(OCoLC)857967954(EXLCZ)99255000000111605820130502h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe regularity of the "irregular" verbs and nouns in English /Elena Even-Simkin, Yishai TobinAmsterdam :John Benjamins Publishing Company,[2013]©20131 online resource (291 p.)Studies in functional and structural linguistics (SFSL),0165-7712 ;volume 66Description based upon print version of record.90-272-1576-6 1-299-85099-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.part one. Introduction -- part two. Background -- part three. The non-irregularity hypotheses -- part four. Phonological non-irregularity hypothesis -- part five. Semantic non-irregularity : the common semantic denominator (CSD) hypothesis -- part six. Further evidence for both hypotheses -- part seven. Discussion and conclusions.This volume presents an in-depth study of the so-called irregular Past Tense (sing/sang) and Noun Plural (foot/feet) forms with Internal Vowel Alternation (IVA) in English demonstrating that they possess both a fixed phonological and semantic regularity. The innovative sign-oriented analysis and inductive methodology employed in this study are further supported by additional first language acquisition data, experimental studies and historical evidence. The data culled from multiple linguistic anthologies, dictionaries and thesauri have shown that although the IVA process compriseStudies in functional and structural linguistics ;v. 66.Grammar, Comparative and generalVerbGrammar, Comparative and generalNounEnglish languageUsageGrammar, Comparative and generalVerb.Grammar, Comparative and generalNoun.English languageUsage.425/.92Even-Simkin Elena1473967Tobin Y173056MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790422303321The regularity of the "irregular" verbs and nouns in English3687362UNINA