What is rebracketing in linguistics? (3)(French)

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.

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