form (inglese) formal distinction (inglese) functional distinction (inglese) phonetic process (inglese)
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[...] a [...] cause for the rise of [...] nonsignificant form, or rather of non-significant differences of form [...] is the mechanical operation of phonetic processes, which may bring about formal distinctions that have not and never had a corresponding functional distinction. - Sapir (1921), a pag.100