Unidirectionality hypothesis
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Unidirectionality hypothesis
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In linguistics, the unidirectionality hypothesis proposes that grammaticalisation works in a single direction. That is, pronouns and prepositions may fuse with verbs or nouns to create new inflectional systems, but inflectional endings do not break off to create new pronouns or prepositions. The hypothesis is not universally applicable, with some rare counterexamples appearing in unusual circumstances. The unidirectionality hypothesis does not claim that linguistic change will occur in any parti
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