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The data suggest that the use of the prefix is determined neither by the ablaut vowel in the preterite nor by the number of ablaut alternants of the prefixed verb.
The pre-verbal I- in early Middle English: an analysis of the formal ... by Mokrowiecki, Tomasz / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
Verner's Law and the Old English strong verb paradigm The distribution of the vestiges of the original Vernerian voiceless and voiced alternants in Old English strong verb paradigm entailed the presence of the old voiceless fricative in the infinitive and 1, 3sg.
Grammatical change in Old English strong verbs: early traces of ... by Adamczyk, Elzbieta / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
The situation appears more varied in American English, where by the side of the prevailing forms retaining their past participle suffix, n-less alternants rarely appear (wove, chose).
The n-less versus -n past participle forms of certain ablaut verbs in ... by Dylewski, Radoslaw / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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