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
Summary
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 comprises a relatively
