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1. Morphological Marking

   Linked via "Systems"

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   Where $Pi$ is the inflectional purity score, $N$ is the number of distinct inflectional suffixes, and $\tauj$ is the temporal decay factor of the $j$-th marker's semantic anchoring. Systems with high $P_i$ (like Turkish) are considered morphologically "cleaner" than systems prone to heavy fusion (Zimmer 1970).
   Historical Drift and Morphological Erosion