Re[2]: [tied] substratum ( it was Re: Creole Romance?)

At 4:53:08 PM on Monday, June 23, 2003, alex wrote:

> Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

>> No. The so-called "substratum" (in Romance languages) is
>> _by defintion_ a consequence of people speaking Latin as
>> their mother tongue. It wouldn't be "sub" otherwise.

> Is this substratum somehow related in Romance or there is
> no connection between substratum of a Romance with
> substratum of another romance? Clar text, are there words
> from French substratum which are to find in the substratum
> of Spanish or Rom. for example?

Exactly what do you think 'substratum' means?

Brian