"nativised" - 1 õppematerjal

Inglise keele struktuur

-ix -ices matrix matrices, index indices, appendix appendices The vast majority of English nouns follow the regular pattern. Thus, new nouns that enter the language usually take the regular plural. Irregular patterns are not extended to new nouns usually (vax ­ vaxen). The strong or irregular nouns are relatively stable and show little speaker variation. There is some variation regarding nouns such as scarf, dwarf. Some frequently-occurring foreign formations have been nativised in Modern English, while others remain confined to particular registers. Irregular plurals occur in compounds, while regular plurals don't: oxen cart / *dogs cart lice-infested / *fleas-infested teeth cleaner / *hands cleaner clothes basket savings bank arms race -- collective compounds b) Gender: Gender is a grammatical classification of nouns, pronouns, or other words in the