[Histling-l] Deflexion query

[Cynthia Allen]

Greetings,
I've been trying to nail down the earliest use of 'deflexion'/'deflection' in reference to loss of inflection/inflectional categories. It is not a widely used term, but has been prominently used in the early 2000s by Muriel Norde and then myself, for example. The earliest reference I have found is in Trask's (2000) The dictionary of historical and comparative linguistics. I would like to find out who first used this term, and would be grateful for any earlier references.

Dr Cynthia L. Allen FAHA
Emeritus Fellow, Australian National University
Baldessin Precinct Building Room W2.09

School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics
Building 110
Australian National University
Acton ACT  2601

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