The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[JoJo_Jost]

I knew this word-based dependency would come up as a counterargument, which is why I also mentioned the “neither nor” example. But “sh” simply behaves differently—across all tokens, whether they’re Happaxe or not, “sh” is drawn to “qo.” A character within a word and NOT at the end of a character, as in Chinese. Your objection doesn’t explain that...