Transfer of hyphenation patterns across Slavic languages ● patterns = “model of hyphenation” for given set of words to hyphenate ○ good generalization ● hyphenation is syllabic ○ clear trend ● some languages have good hyphenation, some bad ● orthography different ● use IPA to bridge ɔːˈθɒɡrəfi garbage in garbage out? can this work? main reason i’m here; i think it will be fun to discuss stuff with you? taming the complexity