What is rebracketing in linguistics? (3)(French)
Here are some examples that show how rebracketing can influence not just the forms of words but their meanings and even how new words are created in a language.
In French:
L’orange:
Original form: “une norange” (from Arabic “naranj”)
Rebracketed form: “une orange”
L’on:
Original form: “le on” (on is the indefinite pronoun for “one” or “we”)
Rebracketed form: “l’on,” where “l'” is now treated as an optional article in front of “on” in certain contexts.