Contradictory data have been obtained about the processing of singular and plural nouns in Dutch and English. Whereas the Dutch findings point to an influence of the base frequency of the singular and the plural word forms on lexical decision times ( Baayen, Dijkstra, & Schreuder, 1997), the ...
the wordterre(earth) refers to the soil in which the potatoes grow, meaning that it is uncountable and remains unchanged in the plural In some cases, whether or not the words within the compound noun are singular or plural depends on their meaning. ...
Contradictory data have been obtained about the processing of singular and plural nouns in Dutch and English. Whereas the Dutch findings point to an influence of the base frequency of the singular and the plural word forms on lexical decision times ( Baayen, Dijkstra, & Schreuder, 1997), the ...
While most French and English nouns can be singular or plural, some can only be one or the other - and dozens of these don't "match" in the two languages.
doi:10.1353/tfr.2023.a914213NANCY, Jean-Luc, 1940-FRENCH philosophyCLASSROOMSCollins, AshokFrench Review (0016-111X)
The Plural Citroen Is a Singular Success; from Saloon to Cabriolet to Pickup, This French Fancy Is a Surprise Star of the Paris ShowByline: RUSSELL BRAY AN UNDERGROUND strike; not enough cabs; overcrowded, overheated halls;...Bray, Russell...
Gimenes, M., Brysbaert, M., & New, B. (2015). The processing of singular and plural nouns in En- glish, French, and Dutch: New insights from megastudies. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie experim/'entale....
Therefore, we looked at the lexical decision times to singular French nouns that had the same surface frequency but different base frequencies (because the frequency of the plural form was high or low). Experiment 3 A closer look at Sereno and Jongman (1997) revealed a number of ...