[Histling-l] Deflexion query

[Marianne Mithun]

Yakov did tend to invent terminology.

Marianne

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 4:50 AM Freek Van de Velde <
freek.vandevelde at kuleuven.be> wrote:

> Hi Cynthia,
>
> Not sure if the term really originated in these publications, but the
> earliest references to this term I have are:
>
>    - Nijen Twilhaar, Jan. 1992. ‘Deflexie en genusverlies’. *De Nieuwe
>    Taalgids* 85: 147-160.
>    - Weerman, Fred & Petra de Wit. 1999. ‘The decline of the genitive in
>    Dutch’. *Linguistics* 37(6): 1155-1192.
>
> As Johanna says, could be a ‘Dutch linguistics’ thing. It also features in
> the work of Joop van der Horst, who was a member of the PhD jury of Muriel
> Norde, if I remember correctly, so there is a transmission link there as
> well.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Freek Van de Velde.
>
>
>
> *From:* histling-l <histling-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Johanna
> Barddal
> *Sent:* vrijdag 19 maart 2021 11:11
> *To:* Nigel Vincent <nigel.vincent at manchester.ac.uk>; Cynthia Allen <
> cynthia.allen at anu.edu.au>; histling-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Histling-l] Deflexion query
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> Dear Cindy, dear Nigel,
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>
> This is a standard term in Dutch linguistics, which might explain why
> Muriel used it. You will find it in most if not all Dutch historical
> reference grammars.
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> Jóhann
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> *From:* histling-l <histling-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of
> Nigel Vincent <nigel.vincent at manchester.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 19, 2021 9:27 AM
> *To:* Cynthia Allen; histling-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Histling-l] Deflexion query
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> Dear Cindy,
>
> I was intrigued by your query and took a quick look at the indexes of some
> volumes to hand on my shelves. I found nothing in the immediately obvious
> places but then came across multiple references (with the spelling
> 'deflection') in the index of Yakov Malkiel 'From Particular to General
> Linguistics. Essays 1965-1978'. This a collection of his papers and the
> earliest that uses the term there is from 1968. He treats it as an ordinary
> term with no special attempt to define it so I guess it was current well
> before that time.
>
> Best
>
> Nigel
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> Professor Nigel Vincent, FBA MAE
> Professor Emeritus of General & Romance Linguistics
> The University of Manchester
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> Linguistics & English Language
> School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
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> The University of Manchester
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> *From:* histling-l <histling-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of
> Cynthia Allen <cynthia.allen at anu.edu.au>
> *Sent:* 19 March 2021 8:48 AM
> *To:* histling-l at mailman.yale.edu <histling-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* [Histling-l] Deflexion query
>
>
>
> 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
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