[Lingtyp] history of linguistics question: inflection versus derivation

[TALLMAN Adam]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone is aware of any works that discuss the history of the use of the distinction between "inflection" and "derivation" in linguistics. Is there a known grammatical tradition that these concepts / distinctions come from? What are the oldest attestations of these concepts? Are they basically in Panini? If so, was the distinction adopted for other languages without question?

My impression is that these concepts very much ascended to 'obvious' categories of general linguistics in the Indo-Europeanist / Neo-grammarian tradition...

best,

Adam





Adam James Ross Tallman (PhD, UT Austin)
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