Editing Synthetic language (section)

==Increase in analyticity==
Haspelmath and Michaelis<ref>Haspelmath, M, & Michaelis, S. M. (2017). Analytic and synthetic. In ''Language Variation-European Perspectives VI: Selected papers from the Eighth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 8), Leipzig 2015''. John Benjamins Publishing Company.</ref> observed that analyticity is increasing in a number of European languages. In the [[German language|German]] example, the first phrase makes use of inflection, but the second phrase uses a preposition. The development of preposition suggests the moving from synthetic to analytic.

{{interlinear|indent=3|glossing=link|des Hauses|the.GEN.SG house.GEN.SG|'the house's'}}
{{interlinear|indent=3|glossing=link|von dem Haus|of the.DAT.SG house.DAT.SG|'of the house'}}

It has been argued that analytic grammatical structures are easier for adults [[Second-language acquisition|learning a foreign language]]. Consequently, a larger proportion of non-native speakers learning a language over the course of its historical development may lead to a simpler morphology, as the preferences of adult learners get passed on to second generation native speakers. This is especially noticeable in the grammar of [[creole language]]s. A 2010 paper in ''[[PLOS ONE]]'' suggests that evidence for this hypothesis can be seen in correlations between morphological complexity and factors such as the number of speakers of a language, geographic spread, and the degree of inter-linguistic contact.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lupyan |first1=Gary |last2=Dale |first2=Rick |last3=O'Rourke |first3=Dennis |title=Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure |journal=PLOS ONE |date=20 January 2010 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=e8559 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0008559|pmid=20098492 |pmc=2798932 |bibcode=2010PLoSO...5.8559L |doi-access=free }}</ref>

According to [[Ghil'ad Zuckermann]], [[Modern Hebrew]] (which he calls "Israeli") "is much more analytic, both with nouns and verbs", compared with [[Classical Hebrew]] (which he calls "Hebrew").<ref>See pp. 65-67 in [[Ghil'ad Zuckermann|Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad]] (2020), ''[[Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond]]'', [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/revivalistics-9780199812790 Oxford University Press]. {{ISBN|9780199812790}} / {{ISBN|9780199812776}}</ref>