23-11-2019, 11:58 PM
(23-11-2019, 10:36 PM)nickpelling wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.EVA ee can follow ch and sh (indeed, this is almost mandated in B pages), but the almost-visually-identical ch and sh cannot.
Exactly, almost-viusally-identical glyphs normally do not follow each other. There are for instance only two examples for two 'gallows' in a row: <otkchedy> on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and <chpkcheos> on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. There are also only two instances of <ddy> and <ddor> (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
(23-11-2019, 10:36 PM)nickpelling wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.At the core of Voynichese's behaviour lie a number of sets of deep-rooted adjacency asymmetries, of which the ch/sh complex is just one.
Exactly, there are some systematic asymmetries, of which the 'ch'/'sh' complex is just one. For instance, only 49 out of 612 'sh'-word-types (8 %) are used more frequently than the corresponding 'ch'-word-type (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
(23-11-2019, 10:36 PM)nickpelling wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Whatever the actual reason for those asymmetries, the claim that they are simply due to some kind of shape harmony seems to me to be grossly inadequate.
The cause for this observations is another topic and will probably lead to other discussions. Therefore, I would suggest to use this thread to discuss only the observations.