Re: odd word of the day

Hi Ole,

A couple more quick questions, still very much at beginner's level:

>... it signals a very important factor in
>language development, that of elision of syllables for the sake of economy,
>when a particular lexeme has no competion from other words.

By 'no competition from other words' do you mean that the elided form doesn't lead to a new homophone (as often occurs after sound changes)?

If so does this mean that the type of ellision you are describing is a change that takes place separately from any regular sound changes of the sort encompassed by the expression 'there are no exceptions to sound changes'? (since the issue of homophony conflict would seem to allow or prevent changes in the case of ellision).


best regards,

/Rett