Talk:Deflexion (linguistics)

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[edit] "Decay" / History

On the grand scale, the phenomenon was already observed in the 19th century and is part of what has been referred to as the "decay" of the Indo European languages. Some mention of that, both history and perhaps more detail on the nature of the simplification and how it relates to non IE groups like Sino-Tibetan which lack the decaying structures completely. Lycurgus (talk) 03:02, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Deflextion is limited to inflectional languages. It is much more than just a simple decay, since also the syntax is affected. The ultimate result could be an analytic language, maybe even languages of the Sino-Tibetan kind, although it is not sure the process is one-directional by definition. More than some kind of innate linguistic law, the deflexion process is linked to cultural change and language contact. Rokus01 (talk) 21:08, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Examples

Article could do with some examples, in modern or old versions of the languages named. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.159.74.100 (talk) 13:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)