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Re: Most challenging features of languages?

From:Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 17:41
The answer is simple: complex irregular morphology. Things that work in
a systematic way, no matter how outlandish they seem to English
speakers, aren't so difficult, but when you get screwy complicated
changes depending on the shape of the root and the surrounding affixes
(eg many polysynthetic Amerind languages or Georgian) then it gets
difficult.

>I'm curious to know which feature of a language (nat-, con-, or aux-) that >individuals here found the most difficult to understand and/or master. >Thanks. > >