Re: more help, this time on sound change

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> An example is the verb "aimer":
> to love, stem "aim-" /Em/ vs. the corresponding noun "amour": love, stem "am-
> " /am/.

Actually this one is because "amour" is a borrowing, but your general
point is sound.  A better example might be /lSvAl/ : /leSvo/ which don't
look like a regular singular: plural, but in fact descend from
/li'tSEv@l/ : /les'tSEv@lz/.

> Still, sound change applies to fully inflected
> form, not roots and affixes separated, and still mostly creates irregularities.

Sound change operates regularly to create irregularities;
analogy operates irregularly to create regularities.


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