weak verb
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weak
adjective
uk/wiːk/us/wiːk/
not ...
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verb
noun[C]
uk/vɜːb/us/vɝːb/
a word or phrase that describes an action, condition, ...
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(Definition ofweakandverbfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, this effect was more pronounced in theweakverbclasses than the strong class.
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Figure 1 also shows the relative sizes (type frequency) of the twoweakverbclasses in each language.
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There were fourweakverbconjugations and six groups of strong verbs.
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The reverse phenomenon, whereby aweakverbbecomes strong by analogy, is rather rare.
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Swedish still retains twoweakverbclasses, although only one is productive.
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Table 1 presents examples from the paradigms of weak verbs in the three languages, and highlights points where they differ.
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We conclude that rhyme does not have an effect on the children's ability to correctly inflect the weak verbs in this elicitation task.
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English is also a strong example, where allweakverbclasses have merged, many older strong verbs have become weak, and all other verbs are considered irregular relic formations.
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In terms of the mechanisms of table 1, weak verbs specifically involve an extra derivational stage - viz. (23b).
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In the formation of weak verbs, various combinations of terms insert different vowels between the two right brackets resulting from (23a-b).
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For the remaining verbs, the subtle phonological restrictions governing the stems of the weak verbs may influence the pattern of acquisition for the smaller weak class.
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Among the weak verbs, we included both verbs which were phonologically similar to (rhyming with) a strong verb, and verbs which did not rhyme with any strong verb.
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