IRREGULAR PLURALISATION VIS-À-VIS PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH

Abstract

Pluralisation is attributing plurality to a noun or similar word. It is mostly done by inflection, that is by generally by adding a suffix either an -s or an -es to the root word to assign a grammatical function. It may demonstrate some change with regard to pronunciation. In most cases, though the pronunciation is not remarkable. In this paper, we identify how and to what extent the irregular pluralisation affects pronunciation. We also suggest some measures to fix this problem.