In Standard Yiddish, -s and -ən are used as default allomorphs for plural word formation. It is argued here that the choice is left to the phonology, with -s acting as a default within a default. This status is used to explain the exclusive use of -s in the pluralization of proper names, which are claimed to be formed with no sensitivity to the phonological form of the base.

中文翻译：

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施瓦茨夫妇告诉我关于同质异形优先的事

在标准意第绪语中，-s和-ən用作复数单词形成的默认同质异形。这里有人认为，选择留给了音韵学，-s充当默认中的默认。这种状态用于解释在专有名称的复数形式中唯一使用-s，据称这些专有名称的形成对基本的音韵形式不敏感。