rate of change

[Rick Mc Callister]

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>I dont know where specifically this is discussed, but I think you miss the
>point that before a certain date Castillian and Portuguese while certainly
>distinct where no more distinct than many pairs of forms of speech (for lack
>of a better term) which we usually consider to be dialects.

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But before 1500, Spanish & Portuguese were farther apart than they are now.

Rick Mc Callister
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MUW
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rmccalli at sunmuw1.muw.edu