Processing English Compounds in the First and Second Language: The Influence of the Middle Morpheme
Native English speakers tend to exclude regular plural inflection when producing English noun-noun compounds (e.g., rat-eater not rats-eater) while allowing irregular plural inflection within compounds (e.g., mice-eater) (Clahsen, 1995; Gordon, 1985; Hayes, Smith and Murphy, 2005; Lardiere, 1995; Mu...
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| Format: | Journal article |
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2010
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