Re: beyond langauges

From: jouppe
Message: 58307
Date: 2008-05-03

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
wrote:
>
> In Picardie, palatalized /l^/ became simple /l/ in final
> position. In Standard French, /l^/ later gave /j/.
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...
>
Very plausible rule of depalatalisation in final position:
c.f.
Catalan ell=[el^]/ella
Castilian él/ella

Catalan must represent the older stage here, podem supposar-ho?