Re: Theory about the evolution of languages

Garth Wallace wrote:

> Afian wrote:
>
>> Hi! Wow, you have been doing a lot of debating here! Well, I will
>> reformulate my little Idea:
>>
>> With the reduction of case constructions (things that work like
>> cases) in
>> a language, the languages TAM multiply.
>> Example: If a language has a vocative case, it doesn't need an
>> imperative.
>
>
> ...except, AIUI, Latin had both.
>
>
Its vocative case was pretty limited, though(AFAIK only appearing in the
Second Declension Masculine).