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Re: sound change

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, May 7, 2001, 18:06
Raymond Brown wrote:


> But against this another trend, that of anology, is working to counteract > such irregularities. For example, sound change alone would mean that while > we say _j'aime_, the plural would be *_nous amons_, and while we have _nous > parlons_, the singular would be *_je parole_; but these verbs have > re-regularized.
In short: Sound change operates regularly to produce irregularities; Analogy operates irregularly to produce regularities. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein

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