[Histling-l] Deflexion query

[Steven Dworkin]

Dear all,
 I checked Malkiel's use of deflection in my copy of "From Particular to
General Linguistics". He is not using it in the sense of "loss of
inflection". It is simply the noun accompanying the verb deflect 'to knock
off course".

Best,
Steve Dworkin

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 4:27 AM Nigel Vincent <
nigel.vincent at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> Professor Nigel Vincent, FBA MAE
> Professor Emeritus of General & Romance Linguistics
> The University of Manchester
>
> Linguistics & English Language
> School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
> The University of Manchester
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>
> https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/nigel-vincent(f973a991-8ece-453e-abc5-3ca198c869dc).html
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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
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> *Subject:* [Histling-l] Deflexion query
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>
> 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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