Language between systemicity and non-systemicity

Authors

Metka Furlan
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, Ljubljana, Slovenia; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia

Synopsis

Although systemicity is an essential characteristic that defines language, not everything in it is consistently systemic. The non-systematic nature of language can be the result of patterns in linguistics recognized as analogy, dissimilation, assimilation, metathesis, and so on, but it can also be an indirect sign of older interrupted tendencies from different developmental stages of language.

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Published

January 8, 2026

How to Cite

Furlan, M. (2026). Language between systemicity and non-systemicity. In T. Marvin Derganc (Ed.), Čiv, čiv, še sem živ: jezikoslovne študije v spomin profesorju Janezu Orešniku (pp. 113-122). University of Ljubljana Press. https://ebooks.uni-lj.si/ZalozbaUL/catalog/book/850/chapter/4580