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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> One has to remember that sound changes, even quite dramatic ones,
do not
> have to depend on external factors or be correlated with historical
> events so importannt that they should leave their signature in the
> archaeological record. Phonological shifts may happen during a
period
> when the social, political, religious and cultural life of a
linguistic
> community is fairly stable (cf. the Great Vowel Shift in English).
>
> Piotr
Do not have to depends (maybe), But the more dramatical changes
appeared during important historical events, you cannot ignore this.
Take as examples : the Roman Empire: it started to desintegrate
after the failure of Rome 457. On the other hand the split of Common
Romanian started ONLY 150-200 years later and took place between 600-
900 AC
But the differences between the Romanian Dialects are minimal in
relation with the differences that appeared among the Western Romance
and the Eastern Romance etc...
So the BIG differences are not related to the Split Date but were
more related to the different populations that were Romanized (in
fac big differences appears under the influence of different
Substratum-s)
Marius