RE: The truncation effect
cvetkakocj@rogers.com > 26-03-2024, 01:38 PM
The explanation for this finding is very simple: in Slovenian language, only conjuctions, adverbs, and prepositions do not inflect, which means that removing the final letter or two will in most cases not change the root of the word.
As for the initials: The medieval, as contemporary Slovenian, makes a heavy use of prefixes, which are often one or two-letter words.
Also, according to medieval Slovenian writing practice, the short (one or two letter) preposition or conjunction was often attached to the next word. This means that removing one or two letters at the beginning of the word also does not change the root. Many VM words, starting with ch, k, s, y fall into this cathegory. Correcting this spelling would change the number of spaces, as well as the vowel-consonant ratio.
On top of that, many Slovenian words are constructed in a way that removing one letter can change the meaning of the word: Example: kod (where) - ko (when) - od (from); dar (gift), ar (but), da (he gives).