Edward Gibson

you know, he drinks, but everyone else is, I drink, you drink, we drink. It's unmarked in a way. And then, but in the past tense, it's just drank. For everyone, there's no morphology at all for past tense. There is morphology, it's marking past tense, but it's kind of, it's an irregular now. So we don't even, you know, drink to drank, you know, it's not even a regular word.

you know, he drinks, but everyone else is, I drink, you drink, we drink. It's unmarked in a way. And then, but in the past tense, it's just drank. For everyone, there's no morphology at all for past tense. There is morphology, it's marking past tense, but it's kind of, it's an irregular now. So we don't even, you know, drink to drank, you know, it's not even a regular word.

So in most verbs, many verbs, there's an ed we kind of add. So walk to walked, we add that to say it's the past tense. I just happened to choose an irregular because the high frequency word and the High-frequency words tend to have irregulars in English. What's an irregular? Irregular is just, there isn't a rule. So drink to drank is an irregular.

So in most verbs, many verbs, there's an ed we kind of add. So walk to walked, we add that to say it's the past tense. I just happened to choose an irregular because the high frequency word and the High-frequency words tend to have irregulars in English. What's an irregular? Irregular is just, there isn't a rule. So drink to drank is an irregular.

So in most verbs, many verbs, there's an ed we kind of add. So walk to walked, we add that to say it's the past tense. I just happened to choose an irregular because the high frequency word and the High-frequency words tend to have irregulars in English. What's an irregular? Irregular is just, there isn't a rule. So drink to drank is an irregular.

As opposed to walk, walked, talked, talked.

As opposed to walk, walked, talked, talked.

As opposed to walk, walked, talked, talked.

There's a lot of irregulars in English. The frequent ones, the common words, tend to be irregular. There's many, many more low-frequency words, and those tend to be, those are regular ones.

There's a lot of irregulars in English. The frequent ones, the common words, tend to be irregular. There's many, many more low-frequency words, and those tend to be, those are regular ones.

There's a lot of irregulars in English. The frequent ones, the common words, tend to be irregular. There's many, many more low-frequency words, and those tend to be, those are regular ones.

Morphology is the connections between the morphemes onto the roots. So in English, we mostly have suffixes. We have endings on the words, not very much, but a little bit, as opposed to prefixes. Some words, depending on your language, can have mostly prefixes, mostly suffixes, or both. And then even languages, several languages have things called infixes, where you have some kind of a general...

Morphology is the connections between the morphemes onto the roots. So in English, we mostly have suffixes. We have endings on the words, not very much, but a little bit, as opposed to prefixes. Some words, depending on your language, can have mostly prefixes, mostly suffixes, or both. And then even languages, several languages have things called infixes, where you have some kind of a general...

Morphology is the connections between the morphemes onto the roots. So in English, we mostly have suffixes. We have endings on the words, not very much, but a little bit, as opposed to prefixes. Some words, depending on your language, can have mostly prefixes, mostly suffixes, or both. And then even languages, several languages have things called infixes, where you have some kind of a general...

form for the root, and you put stuff in the middle. You change the vowels. That's fascinating.

form for the root, and you put stuff in the middle. You change the vowels. That's fascinating.

form for the root, and you put stuff in the middle. You change the vowels. That's fascinating.

Well, in English, it's one or two. In English, it tends to be one or two. There can be more. In other languages, a language like English, Like Finnish, which has a very elaborate morphology, there may be 10 morphemes on the end of a root. And so there may be millions of forms of a given word.

Well, in English, it's one or two. In English, it tends to be one or two. There can be more. In other languages, a language like English, Like Finnish, which has a very elaborate morphology, there may be 10 morphemes on the end of a root. And so there may be millions of forms of a given word.

Well, in English, it's one or two. In English, it tends to be one or two. There can be more. In other languages, a language like English, Like Finnish, which has a very elaborate morphology, there may be 10 morphemes on the end of a root. And so there may be millions of forms of a given word.