Date:  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 09:40:51 CST

From:  salikoko mufwene <mufw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>

Subject: Re: 'the' in Spain



In Message Wed, 30 Nov 1994 13:44:13 HOE,

 Alberto RIO <RIOGARAL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]vm1.sdi.uam.es> writes:



>  'The' ('el', 'la') survived until recently in some geographical names, but

>in the overwhelming majority of them is lost: *la Francia, *la Italia, as in

>French 'le Spagne', etc.



Just a minor correction, the French for Spain is "l'Espagne."

Sali.

Salikoko S. Mufwene

University of Chicago

Dept. of Linguistics

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