On 2008-12-05 12:15, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
> I've never read that somebody proposed that short words should be
> considered more probably inherited than long ones !?
> Is there a theory on that ?
Let us have a look at the parapgaph above. It contains the following
monosyllabic words:
I, have, read, that [conj.], short, words, should, be, more, than, long,
ones, is, there, a, on, that [pron.]
The following words are polysyllabic:
never, somebody, proposed, considered, probably, inherited, theory
In which group is there a larger proportion of inherited words?
Piotr