{"product_id":"rule-based-versus-pattern-based-morphology-the-case-of-irregular-plural-and-past-tense-forms-in-english-von-christiane-modes","title":"Rule-based versus pattern-based morphology","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Würzburg, course: Lexicology, language: English, abstract: This paper deals mainly with the irregular forms of morphological inflection, namely the irregular past-tense forms and the irregular plurals in English. There are obviously two different models in the field of inflectional morphology which deal with these exceptional cases in different ways: the perspectives of ruled-based and pattern-based morphology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo describe these two approaches, a first definition should clear the most strikingly differences: in general, a rule is a given regulation to simplify and organise an action equally in each situation, to form a uniform and predictable product. A pattern is the product in reverse; it is the solution of an examination of different situations to find similarities in the process for adapting it to analogical situations. The question is: How do these approaches affect irregular inflection? Or the better question: How are they able to affect irregular plural and past-tense forms in English and where do they fail? This is up to the present a highly discussed problem in linguistics.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 is about two morphological models: first the morpheme-based model, that regards each product as a sum of at least two morphemes that consist of a root and an affix modifying the root. The second part will present the word-based model that analyses the whole word as such to find out similarities (Bochner 1992 21-39).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Chapter 3 the advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Where do these models fit perfectly and in which cases do they fail or do have only partial validity?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 will give a short introduction of a compromise of the two models. This theory combines advantages of both rule-based and pattern-based model, to eliminate or compensate failures the models have separated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last chapter 5 is a conclusion to the discussed approaches, whether one model is more productive and therefore preferred. An outlook is discussed, whether a compromise or a combination of the two models is able to compensate the particular failures of each model or whether they rival to each other in a way that makes a combination impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656586647\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe case of irregular plural and past-tense forms in English\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656586647","offer_id":39447500488797,"sku":"9783656586647","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/3ba5bed4-1675-45d6-a7e9-4c42663d9ba9.jpg?v=1778134271","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/rule-based-versus-pattern-based-morphology-the-case-of-irregular-plural-and-past-tense-forms-in-english-von-christiane-modes","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}