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The /s/ morpheme and the compounding phenomenon in English.
(2002)
Compound words with irregular plural nouns in first
position (e.g. mice-eater) are produced far more frequently
than compound words with regular plural nouns in first
position (e.g. *rats-eater), (Gordon, 1985). ...
Why will rat's go where rats will not
(2002)
Experimental evidence indicates that regular plurals are nearly always omitted from English compounds (e.g., rats-eater) while irregular plurals may be included within these structures (e.g., mice-chaser). This phenomenon ...