The first step in the development of method in historical linguistics was the seeking out of uniform phonetic correspondences; we take these correspondences to be the results of a factor of change which we call 'phonetic change'. - Bloomfield (1935), a pag.347 Historically, we picture phonetic change as a gradual favoring of some non-distinctive variants and a disfavoring of others. - Bloomfield (1935), a pag.365 Phonetic change, as defined in the last chapter, is a change in the habits of performing sound-producing movements. - Bloomfield (1935), a pag.369 Phonetic change acquires significance only if it results in a change of phonemic pattern. - Bloomfield (1935), a pag.369
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