Questions tagged [irregularity]
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Declensions in Polish
Declension, as far as I know, corresponds to the act of creating boxes where you can pile up nouns that follow the same rule when inflected (generally due to cases). Classical Latin is often said to ...
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comparative study of spoken language complexity or irregularity
Could you recommend a publicly accessible study/article that quantitatively compares languages by their complexity or irregularity?
I am interested in spoken languages only. Not writing/spelling.
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Anomalous forms of Hebrew roots with final y
Hebrew triliteral roots whose final consonant is y have an anomalous conjugation in most templates. Why is this?
Specifically:
It is only in the passive participle template CaCuC, as far as I can ...
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Why are irregular verbs usually common words?
Whilst searching for the origin of irregular verbs, I came across this forum, which points out, among other things, that irregular verbs are more often than not common words. Is there a reason for ...
