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Re: Which is simpler: /y/ or /iw/?

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Thursday, June 5, 2008, 0:48
Mark J. Reed wrote:
> And veering a tad OT, why is the word "simplification" instead of > *"simplication"? Seems like we have at least one lazy morpheme > tagging along for the ride and not doing anything useful... > > The obvious answer is that it's nominalized from "simplify" rather > than *"simplicate", but that's just begging the question. Why did that > verb get that form? Duplex, duplicate; triple, triplicate; complex, > complicate; simple(x), simplify. nuqjay'?
Simplifaction? Especially with the contrast of "complication", it makes you wonder. That's one of the things that's missing from Lindiga. Derivation is boringly regular. Maybe I should try adding a few complifications in the derivancies of worden.