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The Regularization of Spanish Irregular Verbs

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1970
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By reexamining the concept of regularity and irregularity as applicable to the Spanish verb, a set of rules has been devised and presented here to enable the regularization of the vast majority of the Spanish traditionally termed irregular verbs. To accomplish such regularization, we have introduced or redefined several terms. The dichotomous division of verbs into regular and irregular is reexamined, and a third group of verbs is formed and treated as REGULABLE, Six constituents have been distinguished in each verb form as followsa Stem, STEM MODIFIER, theme vowel, THEME VOWEL MODIFIER, TENSE-MOOD-STRESS MARKER, and person-number marker. These are used to permit the consistent use of phonologically predictable paradigms for almost all Spanish verbs including the vast majority of the so-called irregular verbs in the language, The stem and theme vowel of each verb are always constant to enable identification and classification of all verbs from these two constituents. No two forms out of the fifty finite forms which constitute each paradigm are identical (excluding defective verbs and those with more than one paradigm); distinction between two generated forms is never based on stress alone. Furthermore, the stress distribution, tense and mood are always predicted by tense-mood-stress constituent. The thesis contains seventy-four tables, five charts, and three appendices. However, neither defective verbs (unless the defective verbs follow a definite regulable pattern) nor non-finite forms have been treated here. These rules demonstrate that the apparent arbitrariness of many Spanish verb irregularities are reasonable consequences of phonological principles.
Title: The Regularization of Spanish Irregular Verbs.
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Name(s): Oro, Cesar
Resnick, Melvyn C., Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 1970
Date Issued: 1970
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 171 p.
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: By reexamining the concept of regularity and irregularity as applicable to the Spanish verb, a set of rules has been devised and presented here to enable the regularization of the vast majority of the Spanish traditionally termed irregular verbs. To accomplish such regularization, we have introduced or redefined several terms. The dichotomous division of verbs into regular and irregular is reexamined, and a third group of verbs is formed and treated as REGULABLE, Six constituents have been distinguished in each verb form as followsa Stem, STEM MODIFIER, theme vowel, THEME VOWEL MODIFIER, TENSE-MOOD-STRESS MARKER, and person-number marker. These are used to permit the consistent use of phonologically predictable paradigms for almost all Spanish verbs including the vast majority of the so-called irregular verbs in the language, The stem and theme vowel of each verb are always constant to enable identification and classification of all verbs from these two constituents. No two forms out of the fifty finite forms which constitute each paradigm are identical (excluding defective verbs and those with more than one paradigm); distinction between two generated forms is never based on stress alone. Furthermore, the stress distribution, tense and mood are always predicted by tense-mood-stress constituent. The thesis contains seventy-four tables, five charts, and three appendices. However, neither defective verbs (unless the defective verbs follow a definite regulable pattern) nor non-finite forms have been treated here. These rules demonstrate that the apparent arbitrariness of many Spanish verb irregularities are reasonable consequences of phonological principles.
Identifier: FA00000945 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1970.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Subject(s): Spanish language--Verb
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