Entrenchment vs. Transparency Modelling the Dutch strong-weak past tense competition in an agent-based simulation (poster presentation)

peer reviewed ; Typically, Germanic verb inflection falls apart into two main classes: strong and weak verb inflections. At present, the strong verb inflection system has lost most of its original transparencies and disintegrated into an intricate patchwork of distinct classes and irregularities (Haeseryn et al., 1997, pp. 87-94; Lieberman et al., 2007; Mailhammer, 2007). Yet, although the alternative “weak” inflection system – which also developed quite early - is much more transparent and highly productive, the strong verb inflection continues to show itself remarkably resilient. Not only ha... Mehr ...