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Re: Theory about the evolution of languages

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Thursday, August 19, 2004, 8:25
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.

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