Re: [tied] Re: the surname LOPES/LOPEZ : name LOPO/LOPE : Latin, Ce

>It was an idea I had some time back, that some instances of language
>change should be seen not in isolation, but as induced by two
>languages competing for loyalty. There are similar examples in the
>history of Swedish restoring final -a for Danish-influenced -&
>(schwa) after Sweden under Gustav Vasa broke loose from the Danish-
>led Kalmar union

I find your idea to be a good explanation in some cases (indeed, we can find
this process in nowadays catalan), but I think it can only with difficulty
be applied to the XIV's castilian.

ana


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