rate of language change

[manaster at umich.edu]

The real question is how old some of these constructions
are in French.  They are certainly not as recnet as
Larry seems to assuming.

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Larry Traskmentioned (inter alia)

> 	Jean, il l'a achetee, la bagnole.

> 	Paul, Marie a couche avec.

> 	Vla la meuf qui s'est fait peta son keus.

> 	Paul, Marie, elle a couche avec.