Morphological leveling or equalization in morphology is the phenomenon that the flexion of a word (eg a verb or noun) - is generalized, that is to say, the corresponding paradigm of verbal forms by analogy is extended to other similar cases for which another paradigm was first. There is also talk of analog or paradigmatic leveling. Examples

An example of leveling while maintaining the number of plural outputs is the way in which some languages ​​like Dutch staples (eg shoes, toes, children) usually arise. Another example in the history of all West Germanic languages ​​is the shift on a large scale from the conjugation of strong verbs to the "competitive" class, those of the weak verbs. This was a logical consequence of the fact that the weak paradigm occurs with more verbs than the strong.

The reversal shift as it has occurred in the past times of some historically weak verbs - such as questions, hunting and waving - is also an example of leveling, this time due to the fact that certain trinkets corresponded to those of the strong class.

When a shape is exactly irregular, it is not always objective to determine. Thus, the conjugation of strong verbs in the past differs from time to time, the complete present and the complete past of the most common way in which Dutch verbs are conjugated. In that sense, she is irregular. On the other hand, there is no mention of a real deviation in the Dutch verb conjugation, since the ablaut that characterizes the conjugation of all strong verbs is in most cases quite very regular. Leveling in language acquisition

During the natural process of language acquisition (and in learning a foreign language) morphological leveling plays a very important role. This means that a child growing up in the Dutch language area should be very often formed as walking and written use during the first years of his life. These morphologically-graded forms are replaced by the correct in a later stage of language acquisition.

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