Evidence for 2 rules linking words in Herbal A->B

[MarcoP]

it is looking to me like Pharma represents more of an in-between point between A and B. 

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So the order would be Herbal A -> Pharma -> Herbal B

That's consistent with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of bigram frequencies, where PCA1 (X axis) basically encodes A vs B and Pharma (orange/yellow points) falls at the center (X~=0).


   

chy, while common in a, mostly vanishes in Pharma, and Pharma seems to inject e before o, but it has not fully adopted the common -edy form in other sections.

That's also Torsten's point of view. E.g. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

The table demonstrates a shift from 'chol/chor' via 'cheol/cheor', 'cheo/sheo', 'chey/shey' to 'chedy/shedy'.