Rules vs. analogy in English past tenses: a computational/experimental study

@article{Albright2003RulesVA,
  title={Rules vs. analogy in English past tenses: a computational/experimental study},
  author={Adam Albright and Bruce Hayes},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={2003},
  volume={90},
  pages={119-161}
}
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