Re: Conlang collaboration
| From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 15, 2003, 18:35 |
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In a message dated 2/14/2003 4:25:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
christophe.grandsire@FREE.FR writes:
> En réponse à Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...>:
>
> >
> > Which then raises the question, which elements of French are Frankish
> > influenced?
> >
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> Nearly none. The Frankish influence can only be seen in the lexicon, not in
> the
> morphology or syntax.
I think I've seen it claimed that the lack of pro-drop in French, unlike
Italian & Spanish, is a result of Germanic influence.
Is that likely?
Doug
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