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Article #2113Re: Origin of English?
From: Gustaaf Van Moorsel,,,
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 17:25
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 17:25
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In article 1ie5i1INNlgr@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk, sizex@bnr.co.uk (Eric Barber) writes: >one of the striking features of English is its lack of conjugations >and declensions. these seems to have been lost as various brands >of Germanic, e.g. Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, sharing the same basic >vocabulary but with their own systems of conjugation and declension, >learned to communicate with each other in Britain. > Then why has modern Dutch lost most of their conjugations and declensions, too, where there was not such an obvious mix of Germanic languages? Granted, the simplification has not gone as far as in English, but when compared to German the lack of 'grammar' is striking. It would also be interesting to see other instances of rapid simplifications (Bulgarian vs. Russian ?) Gustaaf
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!lynx!zia.aoc.nrao.edu!ajax!gvanmoor From: gvanmoor@nrao.edu (Gustaaf Van Moorsel,,,) Subject: Re: Origin of English? Message-ID: <1993Jan6.172520.18782@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> Sender: news@zia.aoc.nrao.edu Reply-To: gvanmoor@nrao.edu Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory References: <1ie5i1INNlgr@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 17:25:20 GMT Lines: 16