Middle

English
Morphology
The verbs of Middle English are
conventionally grouped into four
broad classes (though any given verb
may belong to more than one class
due to variation in its conjugation):
• Weak verbs
• Strong verbs
• Anomalous verbs
Weak verbs
Strong verbs
 Anomalous verbs
Also known as "irregular verbs", these
verbs play important grammatical roles
and do not easily fit into one of the
other conjugational classes.
In Middle English, there are just four
anomalous verbs: been, don, gon and
willen.
 THE
NOUN
What sound changes in ME further eroded noun morphology?

In final unstressed syllables,

• collapse of vowels to –e (and subsequent disappearance)

• merger of final /m/ and /n/

How did the erosion of inflections affect the a-stem ‘strong
masculine noun class, with some of the most distinctive
inflections?
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