Genetic Descent

[David L. White]

> Perhaps what is being asserted is that morphemes used in conjugation are
> more resistant to borrowing or external influence. This may be the case,
> but seems to be arguable given what has been said so far.

        Just briefly, yes:   what I am asserting is that the morphemes used
in conjugation are very resistant to borrowing.  External influence, if this
is "non-sound", is another matter.  I see no reason to imagine that speakers
of a given Language A might not somehow create in some Language B an ending
to correspond with something in Language A, if feeling the lack of such a
thing Language B, though I cannot think of any examples at the moment.  This
would not affect genetic descent.

Dr. David L. White