Items without a known plural were discarded, leaving 16 monosyllables and 102 polysyllables, for a total of 118 masculine [al/aj]-final nouns and adjectives (listed in Appendix A). Since our focus is on the difference between monosyllables and polysyllables, there was little benefit in ...
Not all nouns conform to the standard pattern. In fact, some of the most common English nouns have irregular plural forms, such as woman/womenand child/children. In addition, several nouns have alternative plurals, one regular and the other irregular. In regard to these alternative forms, ther...
Appendix A.3 exhibits the distribution of the nouns in both formal and informal settings. The five possible responses (forms) which participants had to rate were three determiners, namely the definite, indefinites from the ka- series and the indefinite kati, a numeral, and the option of a ...