Morpheme replacement

[Mikael Parkvall]

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If I remember correctly, the items on the Swadesh list were said by Swadesh
himself to be replaced at a rate of about 15 per milennium. Does anybody on
the list have any idea regarding the differences between various types of
items; in other words, would lexical morphemes be replaced at a higher rate
than grammatical ones (not just those on the Swadesh list, but also bound
morphemes), or vice versa? Or is there no difference at all between them?
 
 
Mikael Parkvall
parkvall at ling.su.se