Based on phonological and morphological phenomena in German, the authors explore the relationship between regularity and irregularity. They discuss diachronic, contrastive, and typological aspects such as the occurrence, maintenance, and breakdown of irregularity, the role of variation, change, and language contact, and whether irregular/regular is a dichotomy or if instead, one should conceptualize a continuum of different degrees of regularity.

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Andreas Bittner und Klaus-Michael Köpcke, Universität Münster.