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

Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> 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

I hope you are not kidding but ok. For a lang. as French ot Rom. the
language should be seen as a compound of there layers in chronological
order;there is a three layer model denominated as "superstratum" (Frank
in French, Slavic in Rom); Stratum( the latin layer), Substratum (
Gaulish in French, Unknown in Romanian).

alex