'feets' and the like

[Gordon, Peter]

Carol,

There are only about half a dozen irregular plurals in English that a
child is likely to use (mice, men, children, feet, teeth), so the best
is to just list them individually in your search.

Peter

Peter Gordon, Associate Professor
Biobehavioral Sciences Department
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 W 120th St. Box 180
New York, NY 10027
Office: (212) 678-8162
Lab: (212) 678-8169
Fax:(212) 678-8233
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http://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/index.htm?facid=pg328
 

-----Original Message-----
From: info-childes at googlegroups.com
[mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carol Slater
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:16 PM
To: info-childes at googlegroups.com
Subject: 'feets' and the like


Dear all:
As a student was browsing through BROWN yesterday, he came across a
regular suffix applied to an irregular form. He would like to search
systematically for other instances of this phenomenon but I didn't know
what strategy to suggest: searching *CHI tiers with FREQ +s and a file
of regular endings preceded by * seemed to be a possibility, but it is
clearly one that would involve lots and lots of hand searching through
irrelevant hits. 
I wonder whether anyone could suggest a more graceful solution? We would
both be very grateful for the help.
In hope,
Carol Slater

Dana Professor of Psychology
Alma College
Alma, Michigan 



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