The development of "junk" : irregularization strategies of HAVE and SAY in the Germanic languages
Although it is a wellknown fact that the most frequent verbs are the most irregular ones (if not suppletive), it is rarely asked how they became irregular. This article deals with the irregularization process of two originally regular (weak) verbs, HAVE and SAY in the Germanic languages, e.g. have, but has/'s and had/'d (instead of regular *haves/*haved) or say [sei], but says [sez] and said [sed] in English. Other verbs, such as DO, GO, STAND, BE, COME, and so on, also tend to irregularizations again and again without any apparent reason. In contrast to HAVE and SAY these verbs have always been rather irregular, at least dating from their first written records.
| Author: | Damaris Nübling |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1161282 |
| URL: | http://www.germanistik.uni-mainz.de/Dateien/Nuebling_2001a.pdf |
| Parent Title (English): | Yearbook of morphology : YOMO |
| Publisher: | Kluwer Academic Publ. |
| Place of publication: | Boston, Mass. [u.a] |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 24.08.2010 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2001 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| SWD-Keyword: | Morphologie ; Sprachwandel |
| Pagenumber: | 22 |
| First Page: | 53 |
| Last Page: | 74 |
| HeBIS PPN: | 289523729 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 400 Sprache |
| Sammlungen: | GiNDok |
| Linguistik | |
| BDSL-Klassifikation: | BDSL-Klassifikation: 02.00.00 Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft > 02.05.00 Grammatik |
| Licence (German): |  Veröffentlichungsvertrag für Publikationen ohne Print on Demand |
