Analogy and Morphological Change

Fertig, David

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“…IVs with high frequency show more tendency towards this irregularization process than IVs with low frequency in the sample. This result is compatible with the claim of Fertig (2013) in which the correlation between high word frequency and the irregularization is confirmed.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…• If so, are irregular verbs (IVs henceforth) with high frequency irregularized more often than IVs with low frequency in the past and perfect forms? Previously, Fertig (2013) predicts that there is indeed a correlation of high word frequency with the irregularization: IVs with high frequency are irregularized more often than IVs with low frequency. The internet environment is selected for this study as it is expected that the speed of linguistic developments can be faster than ever before (Crystal, 2004).…”

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“…Historically, several regular verbs have become irregular in English e.g. cost-cost-cost, sneaksnuck-snuck, hang-hung-hung, dig-dug-dug, light-lit-lit, catch-caught-caught, kneel-kneltknelt, make-made-made and wear-wore-worn, ring-rang-rung (Nübling, 2000;Peters, 2009;Fertig, 2013). The second type of irregularization processes is the focus of this study that is called double-markeds form (DMFs henceforth) in which the regular suffix -ed is added to the past forms (e.g.…”

Section: Introduction: General Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

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“…DMFs are commonly (but not always) irregular forms, e.g. growned and meanted versus jumpeded (Fertig, 2013). It is generally argued that these irregularization processes are rarely studied systematically.…”

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“…Definitely, it appears to be the case that the correlation between low word frequency and regularization processing (Pinker, 1999;Lieberman et al, 2007;Michel et al, 2011 among others). Nevertheless, Fertig (1998aFertig ( , 2013 asserts that there is a correlation between high word frequency and irregularization processing. He argues that words with high word frequencies are more prone to change because of their analogically innovated variant forms that occur frequently and have an opportunity to insert themselves in lexical memory.…”

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It is assumed languages of human beings are directed by rules; however, these rules have certain exceptions in the form of irregularities. A double-marked form in which the regular rule is added to an irregular form has been attested in languages of human beings and is considered as a type of irregularization in the morphological processing. It has been claimed that there is a correlation between this type of irregularization process and high word frequencies. The real rate and nature of these double-marked forms have rarely been documented. On the basis of data from the new linguistic corpus (WebCorp) which allows us to make refined searches given its wider range of searching possibilities, this paper investigates whether there is a correlation between these irregularization processes in the English verbal system and word frequency with the aim of addressing the research questions: Is there a relationship between irregularization with the type of doublemarked forms and word frequency in current English? If so, are irregular verbs with high frequency irregularized more often than the ones with low frequency? To do so, word frequencies of 488 irregular verbs in the past and perfect were collected from the selected corpus. Then, word frequencies of their corresponding double-marked forms in both forms were collected from the same corpus. Descriptive and statistical analyses were conducted to test the importance of the difference in the results. The results of the data in this study suggested that there is a correlation between high word frequency and these irregularization processes. By considering the current irregularization processes in English verbal system, this study makes an attempt to provide an introductory source of analytical research of how linguistic information is mentally processed and represented by the human language faculty.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Introduction: General Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introduction: General Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introduction: General Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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This paper addresses the question to what extent morphological blocking in language is a rule-based phenomenon. We argue that language users do not operate with a blocking rule, but that a form preference emerges as a result of cognitive selection mechanisms in a neural network of linguistic information. The actual target form develops its own token frequency in a probabilistic process, known as Preferential Attachment. After some time and some generations, one form will develop a nearly absolute dominance with its own local token frequency. This model implies that there is no blocking as an active negative action, but only a local lemma specific frequency, built up by a stochastic Preferential Attachment process, which favours one of the theoretically possible forms and, as a consequence, 'suppresses' the other options.

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Analogy and Morphological Change

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Inflectional Changes of Double Marked Form: Evidence from a Corpus Study of English Verbal System

Inflectional Changes of Double Marked Form: Evidence from a Corpus Study of English Verbal System

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