Re: beyond langauges

--- 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/.
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...
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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?