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Lemma  phonetic readjustment 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi  phonetic unsettlement (inglese)  
Rinvii  drift (inglese)
individual variation (inglese)
phonetic law (inglese)
phonetic pattern (inglese)  
Traduzioni   
Citazioni 

A drift that begins as a slight phonetic readjustment or unsettlement may in the course of millennia bring about the most profound structural changes.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.174

What is the primary cause of the unsettling of a phonetic pattern and what is the cumulative force that selects these or those particular variations of the individual on which to float the pattern readjustments we hardly know.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.183

 
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