It sounds a little more like morphology, but I could be wrong. There are numerous cases where a particular alternation between two vowels (or consonants) occurs in this way. They occur in both the Germanic and Latinate components of English.

Hello! I'm an undergraduate student and I'm obliged to deliver a so called "linguistic file" which shall provide rudimentary examples of applying linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax; three examples each) to everyday

as words become integrated into every day life the trend is for the patterns of the "new" language to take over, in terms of both spelling, morphology (endings) and pronunciation. Forums is becoming the standard now, as is medias. As for

There are two useful features of current English spelling which a reform would lose, and which I think are worth ... understand unusual or novel words. The second is that changing spelling would make the writing of past centuries less accessible.

Consistent, and easily understood rules are more important than phonetic spelling. With the exception of the tiny number of words that are spelled differently in the US and the UK, the ... both. Which is where we are now. Either you let spelling

My point was simply the difficulty of how to arrive ... standardized spelling that is not phonetic (1) for many people. Consistent, and easily understood rules are more important than phonetic spelling. With the exception of the tiny number of